US Sen. Alexander Says 'No' To Climate [Swindle] Compromise

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The prospects of passing climate-change legislation through the U.S. Senate grew dimmer, as a leading Republican lawmaker said he wasn't open to compromise, even if the measure encouraged more nuclear power.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who leads the Republican Party's policy-development group, said on Monday that legislation to impose mandatory reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, which has already cleared the U.S. House of Representatives, "needs to be junked." He said that altering the measure to add incentives for more nuclear power would not be enough to win his support.

"It's unfixable," Alexander said at the National Press Club, where he called for the development of 100 new nuclear plants by 2030.

Vision dimming for climate deal - World - NZ Herald News

PARIS - European climate experts fear the prospects for a landmark treaty designed to roll back the threat of global warming, scheduled to be completed in Copenhagen in December, have faded badly after last week's summits in Italy.

MinnPost - 'Auto-Tune the News': Bachmann joins congressional chorus

Finally, an exciting way to present legislation. Here a viral web series called "Auto-Tune the News" took Rep. Michelle Bachmann debating a climate-change bill in Congress and made it into a musical.