Weather related supply changes are not just for oranges: An unusually cold winter that decimated native shrimp has robbed the Carolinas of a spring delicacy. Below-normal water temperatures killed virtually all the white shrimp that overwinter in South Carolina's estuaries, and N.C. officials also report dead crustaceans. MORE >>

  For instance, the American Public Power Association predicts that four proposed regulations from the EPA could result in the closure of enough power plants to power every single home in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.    via foxx.houseenews.net.   MORE >>

Acknowledging the timing was ironic, a trio of Republican state senators this morning held a news conference to announce they had filed a bill to open up the North Carolina coast to energy drilling. They couldn't have waited a day? single day? Today is the one-year anniversary of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf Coast. It would direct Gov. MORE >>

Treehotel opened this summer near Harads , a small town on the banks of the Lule River 40 miles south of the Artic Circle , in a pine forest earmarked for timbering only a year ago. Each tree house is designed by a different architect. There are plans to build another 18 within 5 years. The new suites: The UFO. Room With A View. The Cabin. MORE >>

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