Greenpeace takes action again, blocking Suncor tar sands operations

Today's action comes two weeks after Greenpeace successfully stopped a mining operation at Shell and just a week after Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world's leading body on climate science, said that Canada is failing on climate action, and should consider putting the tar sands on hold.

Farmers Survey For Frost Damage - wcco.com

Corn and bean farmers in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are surveying their crops for damage after the first fall frost this week.
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Some corn also is three to four weeks behind in development, and there are worries it will not mature.

First frost bites two weeks early - Juneau Empire

Christopher Cox, a general forecaster with the National Weather Service in Juneau, said this year's first killing frost came a few weeks earlier than in 2008.
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On average, Cox said the first killing frost typically happens in the Juneau area around Oct. 14.