Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags

Under the new law, city businesses that sell food or alcohol must charge customers five cents for every disposable paper or plastic carryout bag. The law also requires that these bags be recyclable and carry a message encouraging recycling."

YouTube - Energy & Climate Change [Hoax] Business Opportunities - Peter Fusaro

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Obama to Require [More Hoax-related Bureaucracy and Red Tape?] - KTVI

WASHINGTIN - The White House is poised to order all federal agencies to evaluate how any major actions they take, such as building highways or logging national forests, would contribute to and be affected by climate change a step long sought by environmentalists.
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"Requiring analysis of climate change impacts during the NEPA process… will slow our economic recovery while providing no meaningful environmental benefits," Sens. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), wrote in an October letter to Sutley.

"Projects across the nation are already experiencing delays or being cancelled due to inappropriate and inefficient implementation and litigation from existing environmental regulations."

Revellers brave snow and ice to see in the new year | UK news | The Guardian

Police reluctantly advised organisers to call off the Red Hot Highland Fling in Inverness, where conditions were anything but red hot as snow swept in on biting north-easterly winds.

Temperatures plunged below predicted lows in other major centres of new year celebration, with up to 80,000 people in Edinburgh shivering at –6C instead of the forecast –2C. The centre of London saw slightly balmier temperatures of 3C, as crowds arrived for midnight fireworks around the London Eye.
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The death toll from the cold snap rose to 10 with the recovery of three bodies from frozen ponds and another from the river Chelmer, identified as that of 22-year-old Alan Passmore, who disappeared in Chelmsford 12 days ago.

The Ottumwa Courier - Cold weather creates problems for nature activities

Annette Wittrock was ready. She had the afternoon planned out for the Winter Break Camp at Pioneer Ridge. All she needed were some children ready to get outside for a while.

That, it turned out, was a problem. No one showed up.

The evidence of man-made global warming is missing | delawareonline.com | The News Journal

In response to recent letters claiming man causes global warming through carbon emissions, here are three counter-arguments.

State officials urging people to prepare for cold weather | tallahassee.com | Tallahassee Democrat

An extended period of very cold weather is expected to begin Sunday, and Florida officials are urging people to take precautions.
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Sunday morning, the low could drop to a bone-chilling 24, and the forecast low for Monday morning and Tuesday morning is an even colder 22. Highs will rebound to the low to mid 50s. The normal low this time of year is 40 and the high 63, Duval said.