PressTV - Cold weather causes havoc in Turkey

In the east of the country, temperatures hit their lowest levels for the month of February in 62 years, dropping to minus 35 degrees Celsius. The earthquake-hit city of Van has been particularly vulnerable as many residents still live in tents.

Alec Loorz on Global Climate Change

Over 200 young people from around the region gathered in Missoula this weekend for the Rocky Mountain Power Shift. One of the keynote speakers was 17-year-old Alec Loorz, founder of “Kids vs Global Warming”. Loorz has been a climate change activist for over 4 years and has made thousands of presentations on the topic. In tonight’s feature interview with reporter Edward O’Brien he explains how Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” inspired him to inspire others to fight climate change.

UVic's Andrew Weaver says impact of burning all Alberta’s oilsands negligible

Since the provocative paper was published on Sunday afternoon, the phones at the University of Victoria have been ringing off the hook, with calls from journalists around the world. In the blogosphere, Swart and Weaver’s paper has been embraced by some oilsands advocates as validation and endorsement of oilsands production, and poo-poo’d by others as old news. Meanwhile, some climate change activists have condemned the findings, with some even suggesting that Weaver has been bought off by “Big Oil.”

Q+A: Will Moscow talks unleash carbon trade war against EU? | Reuters

(Reuters) - A group of nations opposed to an EU law forcing all airlines to pay for their emissions meets in Moscow this week to debate possible retaliation, raising the risk of a trade war.

 ...The Moscow agenda is expected to debate a range of possible counter-measures, ranging from a formal dispute at the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to blocking legislation banning airlines from participating in the EU's ETS to retaliatory fees for EU flights.

Big green needed to ‘go green’ | california, green, state - Opinion - The Orange County Register

Going green may sound good, but like all other public policies, has unintended consequences that we ignore at our peril.