Booker T. Stallworth: Cap-and-trade can’t bridge gap between unions and enviros | Washington Examiner

Inspired by the speed and spending of the Apollo moon landing, the Apollo Alliance — a coalition of community organizers, environmentalists and big labor — is aggressively pushing President Barack Obama’s plan to regulate carbon emissions through cap-and-trade.

If a recent meeting of labor and environmentalists is any indication, however, cap-and-trade may end up in a disaster more reminiscent of the Apollo 13 mission than the triumphant Apollo 11 landing.
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Joel Merkel, legislative counsel for Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., says the senator is leaning against supporting Waxman-Markey because she worries about the federal government “picking winners and losers” among industries.

Merkel told the conference that Cantwell didn’t believe the bill that passed the House had any chance of passing in the Senate. Cap-and-trade is expected to generate billions of dollars, and Merkel explained that the only way the House was able to narrowly pass the bill was by promising “slices of the cap-and-trade pie” to particular industries in specific districts.

Editorial - Clunkers Don’t Come Cheap - NYTimes.com

...such rebates are a spectacularly inefficient way to implement environmental policy.

DIARY - Global Environment | Reuters

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 JENA, Germany - 8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference (to Sept. 19).

August Ends With Near-Record Cold; Temperatures Close To 47-Degree Low - cbs2chicago.com

The record low for Aug. 31 is 47 degrees, set in 1872. As of 5 a.m. Monday, the nippy readings were close, and in some areas even lower.

CBS 2's Ed Curran reported that at O'Hare International Airport, it was 50 degrees at 5 a.m. It was 49 at Midway International Airport, 48 in Waukegan, and a mere 41 degrees in Aurora.