End state participation in cap-and-trade scheme - NashuaTelegraph.com

Evidence the RGGI program is failing can be found in the fact that, in the most recent permit auction, the emissions permits sold for just 57 percent of the offering. Not quite the wild cash bonanza proponents of the plan promised the government when it was launched.

In New Hampshire, the RGGI scheme has raised an estimated $28.2 million from similar auctions since 2008. Supporters of RGGI say this money was taken from “polluters” and spent on “green-energy projects.”

But it is much more honest to say that this money was taken by regulators from consumers in the form of higher electricity bills and then redistributed to environmental special interests friendly to the politicians in power.

Local News | Winter blows in with power outages, mountain snow | Seattle Times Newspaper

While wind and rain whipped around the Puget Sound area on Saturday, snow piled up in the mountains, with Mount Baker expected to get as much as 18 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

Unusally Heavy Snowfall Paralyzes Gangwon Province

The unusal heavy snowfall that hit Korea's northeastern Gangwon Province on Friday has paralyzed cities and towns in the region.
The record-breaking, waist-deep snow also temporarily blocked parts of the Yeongdong Expressway, stranding some hundreds of highway users in harsh conditions for hours.
The city of Gangneung saw about 77 centimeters of snow on Friday, the heaviest in a century, while Samcheok and Donghae each had more than a meter of accumulated snowfall from Friday through Saturday evening.