EPA’s carbon jihad will freeze refining industry at Heliogenic Climate Change

The U.S. refining industry will freeze investment in anything beyond maintaining operations if the Environmental Protection Agency moves to regulate carbon pollution, the chief executive of Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N) said.

An Englishman's Castle: BBC - Global Warming Causes Mud To Move

You wouldn't guess that it was a temporary muddy shoal from the BBC report

Canada - Hard Frost A Concern For Alfalfa

The sharp drop in temperatures in the forecast for tonight will be hard on local alfalfa fields. John Mcgregor of Manitoba Agriculture says the plants have been coming out of dormancy because of the mild weather in recent weeks. And he says air temperatures of -15 or lower at the soil surface can kill the plants. Mcgregor says there's nothing farmers can do about it.

Al Gore to Join Villaraigosa in Carbon Surcharge Press Conference, But Don't Worry, He's Not Flying Here - LAist

The LA Times also noted the surcharge's progression from purely environmental to budget-saving. "When the proposal was first mentioned two months ago, Villaraigosa and his staff pitched it as an environmentally friendly initiative that would wean the DWP off dirtier coal," the paper wrote (some in the psychology field would call this priming). "Weeks later, the mayor said the extra revenue also would help the utility cover rising coal costs and renewable energy contracts signed by his administration since 2005."