Bringin’ Home the Bacon - Drew Thornley - Planet Gore on National Review Online

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett announced $4.8 million in green-job training grants for Austin.

I'll be sure to report back if this federal handout does any long-term good for the economy. Don't expect to hear from me.

Snowy weather could cost Britain's economy £14.5 billion

The big freeze could cost Britain £14.5billion as the heaviest snow for 30 years causes widespread chaos.

'Humankind solely responsible for climate change'

India's top farm scientist M.S. Swaminathan holds humankind solely responsible for global warming causing climatic changes.

"Global warming is anthropogenic (man-made) and not caused by nature. Man is solely responsible for whatever is happening in the earth's atmosphere," Swaminathan, considered father of India's first green revolution, told IANS in an interview on the margins of the 97th Indian Science Congress (ISC 2010) here Thursday.
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"A rise in sea level as noticed in the last five years will force people in the coastal areas to shift to the interiors, putting pressure on scarce land and other resources," the eminent scientist prophesied.

Cold claims 195 lives in N. India

New Delhi, Jan. 6: The toll in the current spell of cold wave in north India today climbed to 195 with 38 more deaths even as chilly conditions further eased with rise in maximum temperature in the region.

Bangladesh: Cold wave [kills 39]

So far, the cold wave claimed 39 lives with most victims being children and the elderly. Hospitals in the affected districts have reported higher numbers of admissions with cold weather related illnesses. The weather has also caused crop and other natural resource loss, which will have a longer-term negative impact on the economic situation for the already poor communities in the worst affected areas.