British MPs call for every product to carry carbon [scam] labels « melange

Everything companies buy and sell could soon carry green labels detailing their products’ environmental impact, if proposals to be put forward today by an influential committee of MPs are adopted.

National Briefing - Los Angeles Times

A blizzard shut down major highways in Wyoming and South Dakota, and meteorologists said one mountainous area might get as much as 40 inches of snow. Mt. Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota's Black Hills was closed.

UK: Wirst Firsby oilfield production rises

A Department of Energy and Climate Change spokesman said: "We are intent on maximising the UK's oil and gas reserves – onshore and offshore – to ensure we have greater security in our energy mix."

New Zealand: Cold nights worry growers

Despite being in business for the past five years, this was the first time they had been asked to do frost protection before the harvest. Most requests came during spring, when bud burst took place.

Marlborough Helicopters managing director Owen Dodson said they also had machines on standby last night. The request was unusual, Mr Dodson said.

"We've never done any work at this time of year, although we were put on standby a couple of years ago when someone was worried about their young vines. It would be a very unusual to get a frost this early."

Frosts blown away from vines | Stuff.co.nz

Southern winegrowers were able to fight off the weekend's frosty snap with the help of wind machines and helicopters.

Grower Nick Mills, in Wanaka, said his was one of many vineyards in the area that had to hire helicopters during the weekend to ward off the threat of frost.