Barton vows probe of White House policies in move for Energy gavel - The Hill's E2-Wire

Barton — a climate skeptic and advocate of expanded drilling — says he would undertake a wide-ranging investigation of Obama administration decisions on healthcare, global warming, communications and other matters.

California vineyard water ban 'will cost economy $2bn a year'

Frost damage would cut production, it says, resulting in fewer employees and lower wages across the distribution chain of the local wine industry.

Carter: Tea Party backed by anti-green ‘oligarchs’ - The Hill's E2-Wire

Former President Jimmy Carter is attacking links between the Tea Party and wealthy backers whom he alleges are bent on helping the oil industry avoid paying its share of taxes.

“The Tea Party movement has been ... almost completely financed by hard-right oligarchs who want to prevent the oil companies and major corporations from having to pay their share of taxes or to comply with environmental laws,” Carter said Monday on the MSNBC show "Hardball."

Images of London after climate change 'are lazy', say refugee groups | Environment | The Guardian

But the pictures have been sharply criticised by groups representing refugees and asylum seekers who say they present a negative image of migrants. Vaughan Jones, the chief executive of Praxis, a London-based charity that provides practical support for displaced people, said: "Producing sensationalist pictures which fall back on cheap stereotypes of refugees do not help anyone's cause. The issue is too serious for this inaccurate treatment."