An Unusual Plan to Offset Carbon Taxes - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

A carbon tax does not exist yet in this country (well, except in Boulder, Colo.). But governments and businesses are preparing for the possibility of such a tax — sometimes in unusual ways.

At least two companies working in the solar industry have announced plans to open facilities in Tennessee. In a bid to attract industry, the state has promised to help cover any future carbon taxes businesses might face.

Earlier this month, The Associated Press reported that Tennessee had managed to attract two solar manufacturers in part by agreeing to pay their portion of any future carbon tax.

Peter Dykstra: Why to Deny on Climate Change

A dozen reasons why climate change deniers are the way they are

No, there aren't only a dozen reasons, but some are bigger than others. Scientists and climate change advocates are constantly amazed and appalled at how durable the climate change denial machine is. Here are some of the varied reasons.

Study: West Antarctic Melt a Slow Affair - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

Over all, the loss of the West Antarctic ice from warming is appearing “more likely a definite thing to worry about on a thousand-year time scale but not a hundred years,” Dr. Pollard said.