Monday, April 22, 2013

3 ND cities set record lows over the weekend - North Dakota
The National Weather Service says Bismarck, Minot and Jamestown all set record-low temperature records for the date on Saturday, with the mercury dropping into the mid- and low teens.

Bismarck's and Jamestown's records had stood for 47 years; Minot's for 86 years.
Two men jailed for running $9 mln UK carbon credit scam - News - Point Carbon
LONDON, April 22 (Reuters Point Carbon) – A London court has jailed two men for operating a carbon credit boiler room scam that defrauded hundreds of British investors of $9 million to fund lavish lifestyles in Spain, City of London Police said on Friday, concluding a three-year trans-Atlantic investigation.
Janet Redman: Wall Street's Climate Finance Bonanza
Government officials from an elite group of developed countries meeting in Washington, D.C. at the invitation of U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern appear to be on the brink of instigating yet another corporate handout and big bank giveaway -- this time in the name of fighting climate change.

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