Budget 2013: Defra facing £37m budget cut by 2015 | guardian.co.uk

Defra is facing new budget cuts of £37m by 2015, while the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and a number of other departments with green responsibilities will see budgets trimmed for the next two years.

First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Goes Bankrupt

I was extremely skeptical that the batch of cellulosic ethanol produced by Western Biomass was anything more than a publicity stunt rather than an indication that they had actually managed to conquer the economics of the process. My skepticism was heightened when they never produced another qualifying batch for the rest of the year, and that one batch they did produce was exported to Brazil to be used at the Rio+20 Conference.

Now comes news that Western Biomass Energy has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: Relative to the season, the ...

Relative to the season, the crescendo of cold is loudest next 10 days with another major winter storm developing plains and heading east

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: The media is ignoring the ...

The media is ignoring the severity of the coldest march since 1996, but when it was warm last year.

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: Since mid winter, corridor ...

Since mid winter, corridor of cold has taken hold and controlled the soul of the nations mid section

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: BBC should be making the same ...

BBC should be making the same big deal there about this cold as our media and propagandist made about March warmth last year