Senate Majority Leader expects to pass bipartisan energy and climate [hoax] bill this spring: It “may be the most important policy we will ever pass.” « Climate Progress

[Harry Reid] And though turning around the effects of years of recklessness might be the most difficult issue we tackle, taking on the clean-energy challenge also may be the most important policy we will ever pass. And we cannot afford to wait any longer to act.

Hot Air » [January 13, 2010] » PPP poll tomorrow: Reid’s all but finished

Mind you, this is a guy who pulled 61 percent of the vote six years ago. Now, with the anchor of ObamaCare tied around both ankles, PPP’s giving him the last rites fully nine months out from election day.

More China provinces plan power rationing -report | Markets | Reuters

BEIJING, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A rising number of Chinese provinces are preparing to introduce power rationing as electricity supplies lag behind demand amid harsh winter weather, local media reported on Friday, citing Zhang Ping, head of the National Development and Reform Commission.
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Coal stocks at major coal-fired power plants, which generate about 80 percent of China's power output, have been at 17-month lows in recent days as harsh weather, strained transportation, insufficient coal production and rising coal prices curbed stockpiling at power plants.

Snow damage hits London transport links with £40 million repair bill | News

The cost of repairing ice and snow damage to London's main transport links will top £40 million, the Standard has found.
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On top of this figure, Martin Low, Westminster's City Commissioner of Transportation and head of the Local Authority Transportation Advisory Group, warned that each borough could be left with a £500,000 road repair bill as the country emerges from its coldest winter in 30 years.