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In one of the more surreal moments of this year’s UN climate change talks, Bush’s chief environmental adviser blamed Russia for the Bush administration’s climate change obstructionism.

I-90 closed from Chamberlain west

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Highway Patrol says snow, ice and strong winds have caused dangerous driving conditions and that Interstate 90 has been closed from Chamberlain west to the Wyoming border.

In a release, the patrol says law officers are sweeping that portion of I-90 to remove any stranded motorists.

State Department of Public Safety Secretary Tom Dravland says the extreme cold weather and the high winds have created potentially life-threatening conditions.

Ruth Gledhill - Times Online - WBLG: How many Archbishops does it take to change an exploded lightbulb?

...That's why we'll be switching back soon to 60p lightbulbs from Tesco.

And that's why, I fear, that for all the fine talk of a carbon neutral environment, similar economic imperatives on a far grander scale will drown out the voices of ecological stewardship. The Archbishops and bishops are right, and right to warn us. But it is just so difficult to see how the world can afford it at the moment. We don't want eco-friendly lightbulbs. We don't want exploding ones. We just want light.