FUTURES FILE: Jack Frost sends markets skyward

The unseasonably cold weather damaged fruits, vegetables and livestock across the South. On the expectations of frost damage, orange juice futures made a three-year high at $1.70 a pound, up 14 percent in one week.

Dress warm, state urges, after 3 die with hypothermia | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

The Virginia Department of Health has issued a cold-weather alert after three people with hypothermia died in Hampton Roads this week.
In a news release, the state's chief medical examiner, Dr. Leah Bush, said hypothermia was a contributing factor in three local deaths, but did not provide further details.

Bolivian President Calls for Death of Capitalism, Climate Tribunal

Evo Morales Cancun summit speech reveals radical anti-capitalist intentions of warming movement.

UCS Challenges New Committee Chairs to Reverse Antagonistic Climate Science Positions | Union of Concerned Scientists

UCS climate scientist Brenda Ekwurzel noted that when politicians attack the science, they often try to unfairly tarnish the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and pass on misinformation about emails stolen from scientists last fall.
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“The federal government’s own scientists and experts say that climate change poses a dangerous threat to our health and our economy,” she said. “The verdict is in and has been in for a long time.”
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UCS challenges the incoming committee chairs to hold hearings on the latest policy-relevant science rather than wasting taxpayer dollars on baseless attacks on climate science and climate scientists.