For Obama’s Birthday: A Ticket to Copenhagen « It’s Getting Hot In Here

For his 48th birthday today, President Obama received a giant ticket to Copenhagen from Avaaz’s DC Action Factory.

Bond, Blunt, area ag leaders discuss concerns about ‘cap and trade’ bill

Bond and Blunt noted, “the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency admits that there is almost no opportunity for farmers to benefit from soil management practices that sequester carbon, since the majority of farmers are already doing so. For livestock and dairy operators, the cost of installing a system to capture methane released from cow or pig manure will cost $3 million.”

Rogersville dairyman Randy Mooney said Missouri has lost more that 40 percent of its dairy farms since 1997, compared to a 20 percent loss nationwide. “Under this type of legislation, we could lose the rest of them.”

Climate bill may fall by the wayside - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com

With the fight over health care reform absorbing all the bandwidth on Capitol Hill, Democrats fear a major climate change bill may be left on the cutting-room floor this year.
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As a result, many Democrats fear the lack of political will and the congressional calendar will conspire to punt climate change into next year.

“The reality is [the health reform bill] is going to happen before cap and trade,” said House Agriculture Committee Chairman Rep. Collin Peterson, who’s been working with farm-state senators on the climate legislation. “Who knows if it will ever come out of the Senate?”
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If Democrats fail to pass a bill this year, it won’t get any easier during an election cycle next year, when Democrats will be even more afraid of taking unpopular votes.

Indiana- July was ‘significantly colder’

ANDERSON — It wasn’t quite Christmas in July, but you’d be forgiven for thinking at times that it felt more like Halloween than the height of summer.

July 2009 was Anderson’s coolest on record dating back to 1895.
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“People had jackets on and windbreakers and shawls,” at evening concerts and movies at Shadyside Park, said Rodney Chamberlain, Anderson Park Department recreation superintendent. “It was strange to see.”