Budget 2010: in the carbon religion's worst week Alistair Darling throws £1bn at the Bank of Superstition – Gerald Warner  - Telegraph Blogs

This has been the worst week for the carbon scare scam since its gestation in the frontal lobes of Al Gore and similar eco-entrepreneurs.

Florida: Farmers leave strawberries to rot as prices collapse

Farmers try hard to prevent this kind of disaster. Normally, farmers plant berries at different times so waves of berries are growing at different times and turning ripe in phases through springtime.

But the cold weather delayed growth of those early plantings, so all the berries turned ripe at the same time – flooding the market with too many berries at once. Plus, berries from California are now coming on the market too, competing with Florida's crop.