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Monday, Feb 04, 2013 02:54 PM PST
Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Outgoing EPA chief convinced Obama serious on climate change Hot, dry weather returns to threaten Ivory Coast cocoa S.Africa's Harmony Gold Q2 earnings weather strike

Outgoing EPA chief convinced Obama serious on climate change  Monday, Feb 04, 2013 02:54 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The departing chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa P. Jackson, says she cringes whenever she is asked if President Barack Obama is truly serious about confronting climate change. Of course he is, she tells them. "I don't think you need clues. The president has been really clear ... I'm not sure how much clearer he could be." And yet even Jackson herself was caught off guard last month, when sitting just steps from Obama during his second-term swearing-in, the president cited the threats posed by climate change so prominently in his inaugural address. ... Full Story	Top
Hot, dry weather returns to threaten Ivory Coast cocoa  Monday, Feb 04, 2013 07:12 AM PST ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Dry, hot weather returned to top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week, raising concerns over output and bean quality as the October to March main crop harvest wound down, farmers and analysts said on Monday. Aside from a spate of showers in late January, there has been no measurable rainfall across most of the West African nation's cocoa belt since the onset of the dry season in mid-December. Dusty seasonal Harmattan winds have also dried the soil in some growing regions and hindered the development of new cocoa pods. ... Full Story	Top
S.Africa's Harmony Gold Q2 earnings weather strike  Monday, Feb 04, 2013 04:52 AM PST CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's third-largest gold producer, Harmony Gold, said striking workers may return to its Kusasalethu mine as early as next week, as the company reported second-quarter results on Monday that beat expectations. The results and optimism that the closed Kusasalethu mine could re-open sent Harmony's shares up more than 9 percent. They were up 7.8 percent at 61.86 rand by 1052 GMT. Kusasalethu has been hit by strikes by workers demanding better wages since late last year. ... Full Story	Top

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