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How Wren is Offsetting the Carbon Footprint in East Africa TACOMA, Washington — Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change is an important goal for both governments and individuals. The cost of climate change in East Africa, one of the world’s poorest regions, has run into billions of dollars and deters economic growth. Droughts have reduced reservoir levels for hydroelectric power, which is problematic for the economy. Rising ocean levels caused by the polar ice caps melting threaten coastal islands. Higher land temperatures create an environment for mosquitoes ...

Weather and don't forget young people going to colleges far away that may have been in a cool climate and now in a hot climate for sports. locally when your kid says, hey, dad, sign this sheet for football. find out what's going on. what's the schedule, what uniforms are they wearing? is there a first aid kit, sufficient water? how many adults are there? what's the attitude? is it win at any cost or what happens when somebody gets hurt? are they respectful of the athlete and do they take them out of action? how many breaks? important decisions like that. look for red flags before you let your ...

Sunday. southern afghanistan. martha: and it was supposed to be a giant leap forward, in going green. but, facebook's master plan back-fired in a pretty big way, they moved their data center to new digs in the pacific northwest, because they thought the cool climate would help them save money on a.c. for all of those -- all the computers and everything and too bad it didn't pass the white glove test, though with greenpeace, here to explain, dan springer live in seattle. hey, dan. >> reporter: yeah, hey, martha, it comes down to where the power comes from, facebook and all of these internet com...

About california wines, napa is known for wine, but you're getting these out of fresno? >> i think the place that is really rocking is anderson valley. they are completely off the charts high quality. santa barbara. >> where's anderson valley? >> it's north. cool climate, which is what's interesting. you've got lake county, all these, there's a lot of great wins, but there's so much of it, so, if you're a consumer right now, you're about to crush it. >> thank you. still ahead, we're going to take you back to vancouver for a look at where the american athletes are staying here on "msnbc satur...