Eco-segregated parking: Front row of parking at government office deemed ‘Hybrid Only’

Yesterday, my day job brought me to the Clackamas County Transportation Department in Oregon City, Oregon. Upon pulling into the parking lot the first thing I noticed was that the twenty-one parking spaces in the front row (closest to the building) were all smugly labeled, “HYBRID ONLY“. Conspicuously missing were the handicapped parking spaces normally found closest to the front door. I chuckled when I saw one brazen scofflaw who had parked a Harley in one of the spots.

U.S. Senate Democrats skeptical about climate bill | Markets | Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Several U.S. Senate Democrats, including a top leader, on Wednesday questioned whether it would be possible to vote on a climate change bill this year, especially with healthcare reform eating up so much of the lawmakers' time.

"It's a difficult schedule" with many members already "anxious" about healthcare reform, Senator Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat, told Reuters when asked about prospects this year for a bill to cap emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.