Pelosi, EPA head Lisa Jackson, Markey, Podesta to speak at climate scam event

Power Shift 2009 promises to be even bigger. The headline speaker this time around is none other than Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Others include Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Reps. Markey and Donna Edwards (of Maryland), and green job luminary Majora Carter. Also speaking will be TIME Environmental Hero 2008 Van Jones, the former head of President Obama's transition team John Podesta and the mayors of four U.S. cities.

Dipika: Climate change

What the media portrays can be grossly inadequate, believe me. I don’t believe that climate change ...ok, specifically, global warming due to human activity is happening. What is heating up is the people's belief that it is.

Dipika: User Profile

Dipika is a reporter in Bhutan Today, a struggling daily. She has a bachelor's degree in biotechnology from Punjab University.

India: Heavy snow

Itanagar (PTI): Heavy snowfall for the fourth consecutive day on Friday disrupted normal life and cut surface links to the monastery town of Tawang on the Sino-India border in Arunachal Pradesh.

Official sources said the Sela pass was blocked and the entire district was under 3-feet thick blanket of snow, which started on February 23, affecting road communication, supply of electricity and water and telephone services.