UPDATE 1-UK gas prices shoot to 6-year high due to cold | Energy & Oil | Reuters

LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - UK spot gas prices rose to their highest levels since early 2006 on Monday morning as
extreme cold continued to sweep across Britain and most parts of Europe.

River Kura frozen for first time in 50 years | Vestnik Kavkaza

Georgian channels have recently reported River Kura freezing at Mtskhet (not far from Tbilisi) for the first time in 50 years, News Georgia reports.

Nine more people die of hypothermia in Poland | CTV News

The deaths in Poland raise the total number of deaths there to 62.

Bulgaria’s big freeze to hit fruit harvest - Bulgaria - The Sofia Echo

Bulgaria’s record-low freezing temperatures of recent days will mean smaller harvests of several types of fruit in 2012, according to agronomists and fruit farmers.

Enviro groups snub good-news climate study

Better air-quality report bad news for green fundraising

EU an ocean apart from U.S. on climate change

the EU has not set these targets for the benefit of the polar bears: it's about the economy. European policy innovations have created a vibrant renewables industry