[Cold weather] cuts China crops

The China National Grain and Oils Information Center estimated the soybean crop at 14.5 million tonnes, and said rain and cold weather had hurt yields.

Wheeling area business leaders discuss cap-and-trade-wvpubcast.org

“Cap-and-trade policies won’t solve global warming or energy needs,” said Jennifer Diggins, director of government affairs for a Charlotte law firm.

Harkin, taste for steak draw Franken to Iowa

Franken, the Minnesota senator who was the face behind the famous "Saturday Night Live" character Stuart Smalley, is the headliner to the 32nd annual Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola this Sunday.
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"Tom is a good friend. I admire him a lot, but, also, I like steak," Franken said of the Indianola event.

Flashback: BE VEG! GO GREEN! - Save The Planet: Dr. James Hansen

Dr. Hansen: If you eat further down on the food chain rather than animals, which have produced many greenhouse gases, and used much energy in the process of growing that meat, you can actually make a bigger contribution in that way than just about anything. So that, in terms of individual action, is perhaps the best thing you can do.