South Africa: Potato price set to soar after frost blow

The price of potatoes could increase as the country faces a shortage of the vegetable for the next three months after severe crop damage.

Mid-June frost damage in Limpopo, which supplies more than 70 percent of the country's potatoes, caused damage to 25 000 tons of the vegetable, said Mark du Plessis, chief executive of Potatoes SA

Overseas Frustration Grows Over U.S. Domestic Impasse on Climate [Scam] Policy - NYTimes.com

Top climate change [hoax] leaders from Europe to Africa are wondering if it's time to give up on the United States.
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Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Frank Loy acknowledged that other countries are starting to lose faith in U.S. promises to cut emissions and said, "Some are asking something even more fundamental: Is the U.S. governable?"

Stern Says U.S. Bargaining Position for Cancun Remains Unchanged - NYTimes.com

In fact, he argued, even if the United States did have a domestic bill cutting carbon already under way, other countries would still likely resist components of the Copenhagen Accord. Others went even further, suggesting that countries like China and India are happy to have American inaction as a scapegoat to mask their own objections about entering into legally binding treaty.

Flashback: Clinton taps Todd Stern as her climate envoy | Grist

"President Obama and Secretary Clinton have left no doubt that a new day is dawning in the U.S. approach to climate change and clean energy. The time for denial, delay and dispute is over," said Stern at a press conference today announcing his appointment.

"Containing climate change will require nothing less than transforming the global economy from a high-carbon to a low-carbon energy base," he said. "But done right, this can free us from our dependence on foreign oil and become a driver for economic growth in the 21st century."