Tea Company Zealong Seeks Residents' Tolerance Over Frost Fight ... | Stuff.co.nz

Hamilton's northern urban sprawl has clashed with Waikato's Zealong green tea enterprise which was forced to use helicopters before dawn yesterday to save the imminent harvest of more than one million plants from frost.

It was the first time in eight years of growing organic oolong tea on the outskirts of Rototuna, that Zealong had called in the choppers to prevent the unseasonal frost settling at 4am on 4 hectares of camellia tea plants at Borman Rd and on its 48ha operation at Gordonton Rd.

Argentina reports extensive crop damage due to unseasonal weather | Fresh Fruit Portal

Cherry producers in the Neuquén region have reported losses due, in part, to low temperatures. Luis Franzán, a local producer, told newspaper La Mañana Neuquén that although he did not experience losses himself, he knew of damages in the central valley, Mendoza and Chile.

“There was a lack of rennet in bloom and it is unclear why that is. We believe it can be caused by very cold weather that has caused low bee activity at the time of pollination,” he was quoted as saying.

Twitter / wattsupwiththat: Michael Mann caught padding ...

Michael Mann caught padding his resume in legal complaint against Mark Steyn/NRO. The photo says it all. http://wp.me/p7y4l-iXX

By next year, you could go to work in a building powered by algae | Grist

It all sounds great in theory, although I imagine that spending time inside a building walled by algae might make inhabitants feel like they were living inside a really, really dirty fish tank.

- Bishop Hill blog - Briefer please

I like the bit where she criticises George Osborne for saying that green measures are loading consumers with cost "as if it were fact".

(I think he said this because it is fact, something that she acknowledges later in the talk when she says says that the cost increases due to gas prices changes are larger than those due to green costs. Ergo green prices are loading consumers with costs.)
...the bit where she seemed to criticise sceptics for the underhand tactic of using scientific arguments was laugh-out-loud stuff though