Last week's extreme cold devastated plants - Las Cruces Sun-News

But experts said the impact to landscaping vegetation, especially nonnative plants, can be summed up in a single word: devastating. Even native plants, such as prickly pears, are likely to take a hit, they said, mostly because this kind of prolonged freeze is a rarity.

The last time the mercury came close to hitting minus 5 degrees Fahrenheit was in 1976. And one Hatch area farmer said the last prolonged, bitter cold spell occurred there in 1962.

UNISEY And TERI Join Forces For Education And Research

“This partnership with TERI University will further strengthen cooperation in research among developing countries. We need good science to address climate and a partnership with UniSey will help us to look at island issues as well, said Dr Pachauri following the signing.

The Irish film-maker who's stirring up a green hornet's nest in Hollywood - Lifestyle, Frontpage - Independent.ie

Many celebrities may spout green, but are they really cleaner than clean? Apparently not, according to an Irishman intent on exposing Hollywood superstars as 'eco-hypocrites'.

Robert Redford is the latest to have his green credentials flame-grilled by filmmaker Phelim McAleer. His new hostile, and to the point, short film, entitled Robert Redford: Hypocrite, accuses the Hollywood legend of failing to practise the environmentalism he so passionately preaches.

Released to coincide with the final days of Redford's Sundance Film Festival, McAleer's two-minute film took a hatchet to the actor who once featured on Time magazine's list of environmental superheroes.