Wednesday, May 20, 2009

GE's Jeff Immelt: Global Warming 'Compelling'; Cap-and-Trade Most 'Effective' Way to Go
CEO of parent company of NBC Universal argues for carbon price to create 'certainty.'
The Flawed Logic of The Cap-and-Trade Debate by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger: Yale Environment 360
Two prominent — and iconoclastic — environmentalists argue that current efforts to tax or cap carbon emissions are doomed to failure and that the answer lies not in making dirty energy expensive but in making clean energy cheap.
Frost, cold weather, rain delays Michigan crops | The Packer
HUDSONVILLE, Mich. — Growers in Southwest Michigan woke up to frost on their crops in mid-May, possibly delaying even more already behind-schedule summer crops.
Red Deer Advocate - Late, cold spring hard on gardeners, birds — and bugs
Winter continues to hang on in Central Alberta, keeping gardeners and naturalists wondering if they’ll ever get their plants in the ground or if birds will make it through a difficult spring.

There was a bit of good news from the cool and snowy weather that began late Sunday, carrying into Tuesday and today.

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