Captains of industry must change their investment priorities | Tom Delay | Environment | guardian.co.uk

We will only create the low-carbon economy that Britain needs if our captains of industry radically change their attitudes and investment priorities.
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• Tom Delay is the chief executive of the Carbon Trust

Flowers to cost blooming lot more in wake of cold snap - Hong Kong

While the weather's getting warmer, for some flower growers in the New Territories - it has simply come too late to save their precious blooms from the prolonged cold spell.

As a result, consumers should expect to pay 30 to 40 percent more for those Lunar New Year blossoms.

Bitter cold: Frostbite possible in a matter of minutes - Crookston, MN - Crookston Times

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dangerously cold temperatures are settling over Minnesota with wind chill readings that can cause frostbite to exposed skin in a matter of minutes.
Forecasters say daytime temperatures may not make it above zero in northern Minnesota. Friday morning lows could drop to minus-30 and colder from the Iron Range north.

ANALYSIS-EU carbon theft knocks dream of global market | Energy & Oil | Reuters

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The discovery of widespread theft in European Union emissions trading this week may push the distant dream of a global carbon market to fight climate change even further from reality.