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"They (villagers) believe their acts would get the weather gods badly embarrassed, who in turn would ensure bumper crops by sending rains," Upendra Kumar, a village council official, said from Bihar's remote Banke Bazaar town.

"This is the most trusted social custom in the area and the villagers have vowed to continue this practice until it rains very heavily."" "Naked Girls Plow Fields For Rain"

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Many folks have challenged Farm Bureau on our opposition to the cap and trade bill that recently passed the U.S. House and now faces action in the Senate. This bill promises to add a significant new level of costs to agricultural producers who are, of necessity, big users of energy. The sale of agricultural products occurs in an arena where there are many sellers and relatively few buyers. In that environment, farmers and ranchers are "price takers," not "price setters." There is no way to pass along increased costs, which is routine with most other businesses.

Despite concessions for agriculture in the final version of the House bill, the package is still a bad deal for farmers. There is little doubt it will force still more farmers to leave agriculture, and that’s a bad deal for America. Is there a point beyond which we cannot pile additional costs upon agricultural producers in the form of regulations and taxes and still hope to keep them on the land? I believe so, and the climate change legislation just may be the tipping point.

Wind farms risk becoming 'redundant symbols' warns CPRE - Telegraph

Trish Pemberton, of the National Association of Wind Action Groups, said the "human right" to enjoyment of the countryside was at risk.

"What is going to happen is we will end up with these monstrosities in the landscape when other renewables have been developed and they will not take them down," she said.

However, Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive of the British Wind Energy Association, insisted that wind farms will play a key role in meeting climate change targets without ruining the countryside.

"The most emotive issue around wind farms is the visual impact," she said. "The trouble is it is not the only consideration or the most important consideration. It has to be balanced out."