Green Is Keen Across NBCU's Portfolio This Week

NBC News' Brian Williams will conduct an exclusive one-on-one interview on Nov. 19 with Prince Charles, who talks about his efforts to prevent global warming and why he wants to be "the defender of nature." The interview will lead into the television premiere of Harmony, Prince Charles's new environmental documentary.
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NBCU will also hold its first ever employee "Eco Fair" in 30 Rockefeller Plaza's Saturday Night Live studio (8H), where staffers will have the opportunity to learn to cook healthy recipes with LXTV's Sara Gore and how to green their home with LXTV's George Oliphant. Employees' can also bring in their personal electronics as part of a company recycling effort and convert their old denim jeans into garden planters that will be donated to school rooftop gardens throughout the city.

Climate change worsens plight of Iraqi farmers | Reuters

...somewhat better rains helped Iraq produce 1.7 million tonnes of wheat in 2009/10, up from 1.25 million the previous season, according to the Agriculture Ministry.

2008: Rare Snowfall Hits Baghdad - It's the first time in 100 years—some blame global warming

A restaurant owner told the AP he'd never seen snow before—and neither had his 80-year-old mother. "I don't know whether or not it's a lesson from God," he said. Snowfall was also reported in western and central Iraq as temperatures plunged, and an Iraqi meteorologist speculated that the snow might be a side effect of global warming.