Thousands of sheep killed by Ulster’s freak storms - Local & National, News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

One farmer who contacted William Cross, UFU group manager for the Larne area, estimated that the blizzards could have cost him £15,000 in loss of livestock.

“He has lost 100 plus ewe sand God knows how many lambs are still under the snow,” Mr Cross said.

”You couldn't have picked a worse time for this weather — the lambing is going full blast now. With the sleet, when the lambs drop onto the ground, the ewes haven’t got time to get them licked dry so they just freeze.

The Associated Press: Council: Feds should dump Mass. wind farm project

BOSTON — A federal council recommended Friday that the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior reject a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound, saying it would have "destructive" effects on dozens of nearby historic properties.

Press Release – SLF: Suing EPA Over CO2 | The SPPI Blog

The proposed measures in the EPA’s arsenal will cripple the American economy at a cost of at least $1 trillion over the next decade – and will provide no significant environmental benefit to the climate and environment over the next 30 years.

SLF is providing background legal and scientific information on this website during the pendency of the various legal actions in order to ensure that the American people have access to the proceedings and to solid representative materials of the scientific inquiry into climate change.

Barack Obama aims to drive gas guzzlers off the road with greener laws - Times Online

The Natural Resources Defense Council said they were “good for consumers, companies, the country and the planet”. Ray LaHood, Mr Obama’s Transportation Secretary, called them “historic”, claiming they would save consumers $3,000 per new vehicle and cut emissions by 1 billion tons.

The Big Three producers will have to spend about $52 billion to upgrade engines, power trains and air-conditioning systems to meet the requirements. The average cost of a new car or SUV is expected to rise by $1,000 as a result, meaning that the future of American motoring depends on consumers’ willingness to pay a modest premium for old-fashioned cars — or a larger one for something very different.