NC Media Watch: Don't bother us we are busy destroying an economy

Skaidra Smith-Heisters, has a special report from Reason.org, published online at the Sacramento Union, the environmentalist are ignoring California's growing economic crisis.

Blue Crab Boulevard » Polar Bear Plunge Canceled - Due To Ice

In 19 years, Thursday was the first time the Splash and Dash had been called off, said Ben Oksiuta, one of the organizers. He said the polar plunge was canceled because of unsafe conditions at the lakeshore.

Canada's forests, once huge help on greenhouse gases, now allegedly contribute to climate change -- Courant.com

In an alarming yet little-noticed series of recent studies, scientists have concluded that Canada's precious forests, stressed from damage caused by global warming, insect infestations and persistent fires, have crossed an ominous line and are now pumping out more climate-changing carbon dioxide than they are sequestering.

Worse yet, the experts predict that Canada's forests will remain net carbon sources, as opposed to carbon storage "sinks," until at least 2022, and possibly much longer.

"We are seeing a significant distortion of the natural trend," said Werner Kurz, senior research scientist at the Canadian Forest Service and the leading expert on carbon cycles in the nation's forests. "Since 1999, and especially in the last five years, the forests have shifted from being a carbon sink to a carbon source."

Translation: Earth's lungs have come down with emphysema. Canada's forests are no longer our friends.