Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's massive "but"

QUESTION: Thank you. I'm Ira Birnbaum in the Europe and Eurasia bureau. Given the recent developments of global climate change at the G8 and on Capitol Hill and the upcoming negotiations, what do you see as the most appropriate development role for us in moving forward in this process?

SECRETARY CLINTON: Great question. I was talking to Todd Stern our climate change envoy, this morning. He said the results of the major economies forum in Italy were actually somewhat better than we had expected but that we face, as you well know, the challenge of persuading India and China to figure out what they can do and will -- and what obligations they will take on commensurate with their own development goals.

Temps Tie Record Lows for this Date

(Rochester, N.Y.) -- The temperature of 48 degrees in Rochester early Tuesday morning tied the record low for this date, July 14 set in 1888 and tied first in 1926.

Baltimore: Record low temperature tied this morning, another on the way

It's been a summer without much heat. Temperatures for July are averaging 3.5F below normal. That includes high and low temperatures. This past Sunday was the first time this summer (since June 1) we had hit 90F. So this morning's temperature at BWI reinforced the fact that something special is happening. Unusual chill continues to grip our part of the nation.

Why we should love James Hansen… « Green Hell Blog

Sure, our reasoning differs from Hansen’s — we think Waxman-Markey is a junk science-fueled Marxist-socialist political power grab sugar-coated with a corporate welfare honey pot, while Hansen believes that Waxman-Markey is too little, too late in terms of stopping the dreaded global warming — but we do have the same goal for now.

If Hansen gets his way and Waxman-Markey is made more stringent, then the big businesses that have so far enabled the bill will withdraw their support. Without their support, Waxman-Markey is dead.

Yes, we would like Waxman-Markey to fail for the right reasons, but if it fails for the wrong reasons, that also works.