Pelosi shifts her stance yet again

Pelosi said one of her favorite moments from Inauguration Day was when Marine One lifted off the Capitol grounds, signifying former President George W. Bush's exit from Washington. "It felt like a 10-pound anvil was lifted off my head," she said.
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The speaker disappointed environmentalists when she said earlier this month that she may not bring climate change legislation to the House floor this year because it may lack the votes needed for passage. "I'm not sure this year, because I don't know if we'll be ready," she told Capitol Hill reporters. "We won't go before we're ready."

But in the interview Wednesday, she shifted her stance, saying she plans to move the bill this year. She said she hopes to hold a vote before December, when climate negotiators gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, to work on a successor to the treaty many countries adopted in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997.

"I believe we have to because we see that as a source of revenue," she said, noting that proposed cap-and-trade bills would raise billions of dollars by forcing major emitters to buy credits to release greenhouse gases. "Cap-and-trade is there for a reason. You cap and you trade so you can pay for some of these investments in energy independence and renewables."

Residents Have No Water Due To Frozen Pipes - News Story - WFTV Orlando

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. -- Many residents in Osceola County woke up to broken pipes Thursday morning and Eyewitness News has learned that the cold weather was to blame.

Over 80 customers have called the Toho Water Authority reporting that they have no water in their homes.

Water crews said the water inside the pipes was frozen causing them to expand and crack and they have never seen underground pipes freeze.

WFTV reporter Robert Maxwell spoke with Barbara Arrant TOHO Water Authority said she has not receive this many calls since the early 90's.

In response to a scam, let's use completely arbitrary numbers to reconfigure the basis of our economy

It's quite possible that the biggest news of the week is the statement issued by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the nation's trade association for investor-owned electric utilities. For years, efforts of the major utilities to hammer out a compromise proposal on allowance allocation have come to naught because of the sharp differences between merchant and regulated companies and coal-based and non-coal-based companies. This past week, however, EEI issued a statement outlining its "50-50-50" proposal, which is described in greater detail below.