Severe Winter Damages San Juan Olive Plantations | Olive Oil Times

The cold weather in San Juan, Argentina over the past several weeks is similar to that experienced in 2007- a year in which scores of olive groves, nearly 70 percent of the province’s total, were lost due to the drop in temperature. Olive oil businessmen have already made their first predictions and they are pessimistic to say the least. The olive trees of the province’s eastern zones already show signs of deterioration as frost often kills flowering buds and the fruits themselves. As a result, Argentinean producers with young plants are most likely to face crippling losses this winter.

Cold already snapping at Victoria - State News - Agribusiness and General - General - Stock & Land

The cold snap is yet to arrive but Wednesday's steady rain over inland Victoria led to the coldest day in years for some, according to WeatherZone.

How the greenshirts bashed Gay | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Miranda Devine describes how the lovely new greens destroyed a business, a planned pulp mill and the reputation of John Gay, since dumped as chairman of the Tasmanian timber company Gunns:

Climate Change: I’m Glad the Left Isn’t Really Serious About Science | MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory

While the inner circle may make the history books for cashing in on one of the biggest cons in political history; the small but determined rank and file of the warmers’ movement amounted to a shabby collection of green entrepreneurs, professional activists and con artists, professional artists looking for attention, corrupt politicians and bureaucrats, academics hoping to take advantage of funding opportunities, and some bored teenagers out for a Beavis and Butthead afternoon.

[The First Green President takes a fossil-fueled trip to an L.A. fundraiser; creates traffic havoc] - latimes.com

About 150 officers were positioned along the motorcade route, manning street closures and fixed posts, Albanese said.

In addition to rank-and-file officers, an undisclosed number of officers from the LAPD's elite Metropolitan Division assisted the Secret Service — a task the division performs whenever the president or other high-profile dignitaries come to Los Angeles.

[You funded part of this Crayola project, which saves nearly $200 per year in CO2 emissions for only $11.5 million in cash] | Solar Feeds News Network

Ten lucky children from across America were selected to be part of the “Crayola Green Team” and helped “plug in” the new solar facility during the ceremony.
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The project is expected to eliminate nearly 2,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually, equivalent to planting 400 acres of pine forest each year.

A $1.5 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act helped fund a portion of the $11.5 million project. Allentown-based PPL Corp.(NYSE: PPL) and UGI Energy Services, Inc (NYSE: UGI) provided the rest of the funding and resources to design, build and operate the solar park.