The New Nostradamus of the North: Global warming and last year´s grain harvest in Russia - new facts

Farmers and officials in Russia may have exaggerated drought losses of grains last year by up to 6m tonnes to cash in on compensation packages, implying the country may have more of the crops to export than had been thought.

With a record like this, you trust them with a green tax, too? | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

That makes six out of eight green programs which turned out to be overpriced, underperforming or otherwise botched. And this from a Government now planning the most complicated, controversial and expensive green program of all - a carbon dioxide tax.

Good luck.

IOM report warns "green" buildings can contribute to unhealthy indoor air - The Hill's Healthwatch

The report warns that the push to improve buildings' energy efficiency to counter climate change has spurred a shift to untested new materials and building retrofits that could limit and alter the air flow inside buildings and may concentrate indoor pollutants such as chemical emissions and tobacco smoke. Indoor dampness, poor ventilation, excessive temperatures, and emissions from building materials and equipment such as back-up power generators all can contribute to health problems, the report says.