The changing politics of climate change, and how they could hurt green cars - Autoblog Green

Newsweek writer Stefan Theil makes a convincing argument that the political world has become blasé about the issue of climate change, and that has far-reaching effects. In 2007, you couldn't throw a rock without hitting a politician who made reducing CO2 levels or another green issue a top priority. Today, like with most things in politics and the media, attention has shifted to other things, like health care and the economy. Some numbers Theil found to back this statement up...

Calving Season Proves Challenging For Some Producers In 2010 | Cattle Network

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Exceptionally cold weather made the 2010 calving season tougher than the last several years for many beef producers, said Purdue Extension beef specialist Ron Lemenager.

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : We Can't Plug the Leak, But We Can Plug Our Ears

The truth is, the environoiacs have lost whatever credibility they had after years of false alarms about things like overpopulation, global cooling, and nuclear disaster. Climategate revealed the latest scare tactic, but the Post underplayed it as a reason for the lack of post-gusher eco-passion...
The environmental pressure groups got used to coddling and catering to their every outcry. It's getting old.

[Minneapolis blows over $5 million on one "green" roof]

The arena, which opened in downtown Minneapolis in 1990 and which sits across the street from the Twins’ new palace, Target Field, unveiled its green roof in September 2009 to rave reviews. Target Center became the first sports arena in North America to have a green roof, which at the time was the fifth-largest extensive green roof in the U.S. (An extensive green roof means that it’s there strictly for functional purposes.)

The $5.3 million project, which was paid for by a city fund for capital improvements for buildings, gave Minneapolis another green roof to match the ones that sit atop City Hall, Central Public Library and The Green Institute.

State canceling pronghorn antelope season

Randy Kreil, wildlife chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said the department will not recommend a hunting season this fall because of back-to-back tough winters and subsequent poor reproduction.

Kreil said department biologists recently completed their annual pronghorn population survey, which shows 37 percent fewer animals than last year and 50 percent fewer than 2008.