Slowly but steadily, the wheels on the global warming bus are falling off

UPDATE: Climate Change Rules Shouldn't Hurt Economy - Germany - EasyBourse actualité

TRIESTE, Italy -(Dow Jones)- Italy and Germany agree that measures to cut greenhouse gases shouldn't weigh on the economy, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a press conference Tuesday, indicating government support for tough new measures in Europe is waning.

AUSTRALIA: GREEN JOB REVOLUTION IS A SMASH HIT

IN A body blow for Australia's solar industry, the nation's biggest solar-panel factory will close early next year, taking 200 skilled jobs with it, equal to one-eighth of the total Australian solar workforce.
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The closure of the BP Solar plant at Sydney Olympic Park means Australia's solar industry is now primarily a research rather than a manufacturing effort.

NIGEL LAWSON: THE MOST ABSURD BILL EVER

That is not the only reason why I have not spoken previously in this House on the Bill. The other reason is that I felt that it was unbecoming for an unbeliever to take part in a religious service, which is what all this is really about.

Nevertheless, we have the amendments that come back from the Commons to us today. The Bill will go down in history, and future generations will see it, as the most absurd Bill that this House and Parliament as a whole as ever had to examine...

FT.com - Indonesia's setback on climate change

Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer and emitter of greenhouse gases through deforestation, on Tuesday dealt a blow to hopes it would step up efforts to combat climate change.

Anton Apriyantono, the agriculture minister, told the annual conference of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil that sustainability criteria should not be made a priority, particularly for smallholders, "when economic needs are not being met" in the global financial crisis.

[Via Benny Peiser]