Sec. Hilda Solis: Green Jobs: A Down Payment on the Workforce of Tomorrow [why isn't climate change mentioned?]

And as we help workers through these challenging times, our real focus is investing in their future and today I announced nearly $100 million in green jobs training grants. These grants are part of a larger Recovery Act initiative -- totaling $500 million -- to fund workforce development projects promoting economic growth by preparing workers for careers in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries.

Cold wave leaves 288 dead, north India faces intense chill - Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Biting cold sweeping north India claimed 288 lives with 30 more deaths reported from Uttar Pradesh today, even as flight and train
operations were normal in the absence of fog.

Sea icy off part of Antarctica despite fear of melt | Green Business | Reuters

OSLO (Reuters) - Sea water under an East Antarctic ice shelf showed no sign of higher temperatures despite fears of a thaw linked to global warming that could bring higher world ocean levels, first tests showed on Monday.
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The Institute said the water under the Fimbul was about -2.05 Celsius (28.31 Fahrenheit) -- salty water freezes at a slightly lower temperature than fresh water.

And it was slightly icier than estimates in a regional computer model for Antarctica, said Nalan Koc, head of the Norwegian Polar Institute's Center for Ice, Climate and Ecosystems.

Neb. winter can damage grass, plants, trees

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's harsh winter has the potential to damage grass, plants and trees buried under snow and ice.

New York City Wages War Against Salt - wcbstv.com

City Health Department To Release Draft Guidelines Suggesting Salt Intake
Part Of National Salt Reduction Initiative

Flashback: Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Always Live by His Health Rules - NYTimes.com

Mr. Bloomberg, 67, likes his popcorn so salty that it burns others’ lips. (At Gracie Mansion, the cooks deliver it to him with a salt shaker.) He sprinkles so much salt on his morning bagel “that it’s like a pretzel,” said the manager at Viand, a Greek diner near Mr. Bloomberg’s Upper East Side town house.

Not even pizza is spared a coat of sodium. When the mayor sat down to eat a slice at Denino’s Pizzeria Tavern on Staten Island recently, this reporter spotted him applying six dashes of salt to it.