Obama Admin Scraps Logging Plan in Ore. Carbon Sinks - NYTimes.com

The Interior Department is dropping controversial plans to dramatically increase logging in western Oregon's forests, some of the nation's densest carbon stores.
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As the administration crafts a new forest management plan for western Oregon, Salazar noted that climate change [fraud] is broadly affecting everything the Interior Department does.

Climbdown on 2°C clause done as a last resort? - Global Warming - Environment - NEWS - The Times of India

While the 2 degree is a compromise, PM's special envoy Shyam Saran told journalists in Italy, "We do not regard this as an arithmetical target; we regard this as a political decision because there is a great deal of uncertainty with respect to what would be the actual rise in temperature, what would be the consequences of that rise of temperature."

It's the compromise on "2 degree C" that the former Indian negotiator, Surya Sethi, has challenged, saying it would hinder India's development. In an email circulated to other negotiators, he said this acceptance would make India poorer. Sethi, who is in the Planning Commission, has not been part of the Indian climate negotiating team since June, and is due to retire at the end of July.

What is clear is that there appears to be a growing disconnect between the foreign ministry and the ministry of environment. On Saturday, foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon is scheduled to meet environment minister Jairam Ramesh to evolve a joint position on climate change negotiations.

Is There an Anti-Rural Bias in Climate [Fraud] Bill? | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural

House bill reduces the advantages now held by midwestern utilities, says a utility executive. Iowa utility is running ads saying climate bill will lead to higher electricity rates.