CLIMATE CHANGE [Swindle]: $200M VOTED FOR NIGERIA, S’AFRICA

The World Bank and the Africa Development Bank have agreed to support efforts at climate change adaptation by Nigeria and South Africa with the sum of $200m

Flashback: World Bank could 'run out of money' within 12 months - Telegraph

The Bank, whose job it is to support low-income countries, has had to hand out so much cash in the wake of the financial crisis that it faces a shortfall in what it can spare for new projects within 12 months.

Drivers should be forced to pay per mile to save the planet, finds climate watchdog - Mail Online

Motorists should be forced to pay to drive on the busiest roads to slash greenhouse gas emissions, the Government's climate change watchdog says today.

The Climate Change Committee, led by former CBI chief Lord Turner, wants ministers to introduce compulsory road pricing to prevent global warming.

Under the controversial scheme, cars would be fitted with electronic tags and tracked either by satellite or roadside beacon. Charges would rise at times of peak congestion to around £1.50 a mile.

Final: Phillies 6, Rockies 5 - Bats Blog - NYTimes.com

Update | 10:14 p.m. The official temperature at the “Coors Field weather center in centerfield” – that is what the Rockies call it – was 35 degrees at the first pitch. So the game will go down as tied for the coldest postseason game on record. It actually feels colder than that, and most of the online weather sites list the temperature in Denver’s 80205 zip code – the one that includes Coors Field – as 29 degrees. Maybe it is a record the Rockies do not want.

I wonder if the people shivering at 35 degrees experienced more kidney stones and dengue fever than the people shivering at 29 degrees?