From CO2 hysteria-leading California: Frosty Conditions Worry Citrus Growers - CBS 12 Action News

Temperatures are expected to drop far below normal next week and that spells trouble for citrus growers.

Citrus trees can be damaged by frost which impacts next year's harvet. Citrus growers are preparing for the cold snap by making sure the watering systems are working well, which are turned on during frosty conditions to keep the trees warm.

Weather forecasts predict frosty conditions all week.

Solar "protection"

LOWER-INCOME households, pensioners, business and industry will receive more than $11 billion a year to compensate for increased costs caused by the emissions trading scheme.

Families and singles on high incomes, however, will be worse off under the scheme, which was locked in yesterday to begin on July 1, 2010 - only months before the next election is due.

Billed as the biggest economic upheaval since the 1980s deregulation of the economy, the scheme was tweaked to accommodate the demands of industry in lean economic times.

This angered the Greens and environmental groups, which say it will not cut emissions enough to save such icons as the Great Barrier Reef.