6/8/09: Weather Report: Slowed Crop Development In The West, Mostly Dry In The South - Cattle Network

In the West, cool weather is slowing crop development in most areas, while unusually heavy showers continue across the northern Intermountain region.

On the Plains, unusually cold weather persists across northern portions of the region, and freezes were noted this morning in parts of Montana. Elsewhere, showers and thunderstorms are ending across the eastern Plains, while warmth is promoting crop development on the southern Plains.

Slow – or no – motion in Bonn negotiations - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009

The UN climate talks in Bonn are checkmated at the moment. The rich countries have still not come up with concrete commitments to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases as they promised to do several months ago.

From CCNET [email]:

All over Europe, the centre-left has been haemorrhaging core voters. The fact that UKIP, an openly climate sceptical party, has beaten Labour to second place is a clear signal. It suggests that any party promoting unpopular climate policies and green taxes that will further increase the cost of energy, transport and travel for ordinary families risks being punished in future elections. As far as Britain is concerned, the Labour government and its green agenda is finished. Let that be a warning to President Obama and other would-be salvationists.
--Benny Peiser, 8 June 2009