Wet windy weather spoils Memorial Day plans - ABC4.com - Salt Lake City, Utah News

emorial Day weekend is supposed to be the unofficial start of summer. You know… spending time in the sun, boating, having fun camping up in the mountains, but with gloomy clouds, rain, chilly winds, and even snow hitting the Wasatch Front, it looks like Mother Nature missed the memo.

Freeze Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM MDT MONDAY. * LOCATION...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING BELOW FREEZING IN THE CENTER OF THE VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH A HARD FREEZE LIKELY BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

Pensioners to get carbon tax compensation

Pensioners will receive their first carbon price compensation on Monday.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says single pensioners will receive a one-off payment of $250 and couples $380. The amounts apply to full and part pensions.

"This assistance is there to help people with the flow-through impact of putting a price on carbon," Ms Gillard told reporters in Canberra on Sunday.

Brooklyn Apartments to Generate Their Own Power - NYTimes.com

AS the standards for environmentally friendly construction rise, a Brooklyn developer has a new goal: renovate an apartment building so it generates as much energy as it uses.

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: Shot of much colder air i

Shot of much colder air into the midwest means June to get off to very cool start. People sweating this weekend with need sweaters nxt