Canada: Cold weather prompts ideas of more flax acres

(Resource News International) -- Continued cold and wet weather conditions across much of Manitoba and into eastern regions of Saskatchewan are forcing producers to look at alternative crop choices, including flaxseed.

"Over the past week or so there has been a lot of producers in both provinces picking up flaxseed from seed dealers as the lateness of seeding has begun to cause concern," said Ben Friesen, a grain buyer with Keystone Grain Ltd. at Winkler, Man.

Flaxseed may not have been their first choice of a crop to put into the ground, he said, but the fact that it can handle the cold better than others at harvest time is attracting some attention.

Portland presenting at climate change conference in South Korea – OregonLive.com

Two city of Portland sustainability officials will travel to Seoul, South Korea this weekend to represent the city at a global conference on how cities can address climate change.

Big Dogs House » Blog Archive » Al Gore Is Mistaken

The fact remains, Al Gore was critical of George Bush earlier than the two years he claimed in the CNN interview. In his rush to smear Cheney and defend Obama, Gore made himself look like a fool. Not that the MSM would follow up on that and not that Gore needed this to look like a fool.

Romney's critique - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com

President Obama is anxious to impose a new cap-and-trade carbon tax on Americans. I wish he understood that if we unilaterally place a very substantial cap-and-trade burden on ourselves, the major energy-using industries will simply pack up and go elsewhere.

You don’t deal with global problems by penalizing only our own citizens. They don’t call it “America warming.” They call it global warming!

Dialogue yields no easy answers on climate change legislation

While congressional leaders were working out a compromise on climate change legislation Thursday in Washington, D.C., debate was tempered during a half-day mini conference in downtown Charleston on the same topic.

Environmental and citizens groups made statements, asked questions and challenged some assertions made by climate researchers during the four-hour forum; but, in the end, no one offered any solid answers on how the pending legislation would specifically affect the environment or economy of South Carolina. A study by a Clemson University economist offered a stark view of how the legislation would affect the national economy.