China's President Hu Jintao to Unveil 'Suite' of Voluntary Emissions Targets - NYTimes.com

In meetings yesterday, the Alliance of Small Island States pushed an international commitment to limit global temperatures to a 1.5 degree Celsius increase over preindustrial levels. That's more ambitious than the currently agreed-upon limit of a 2 degree increase.

"More recent science shows that we are on track for sea level rise of at least 1 and maybe 2 meters by the end of the century. That would spell disaster, even disappearance, for some of our islands," said AOSIS Chairwoman Dessima Williams.

Murkowski CO2 Amendment Could Have Broad Reach - NYTimes.com

...a possible amendment from Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has the potential to handcuff U.S. EPA from exercising its full regulatory power, a scenario that has sent shockwaves through the environmental community.