Banana glut dents profits at Fyffes

A banana glut caused when cold weather shut down street markets this year hit Fyffes, with profits at Europe’s second-largest banana shipper down 18 per cent in the first half.

Green jobs come to the urban poor | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Many of Los Angeles's urban poor have bigger concerns than climate change. Nonetheless, the past few years have seen formerly homeless and jobless folks planting gardens, installing solar panels, and working other green jobs as they make upgrades to increase the efficiency of their homes.