Op-Ed Columnist - [Stil more embarrassing nonsense from] PAUL KRUGMAN - It’s Easy Being Green - NYTimes.com

Some of them still claim that there’s no such thing as global warming, or at least that the evidence isn’t yet conclusive. But that argument is wearing thin — as thin as the Arctic pack ice, which has now diminished to the point that shipping companies are opening up new routes through the formerly impassable seas north of Siberia. [some debunking here]
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So here’s the bottom line: The claim that climate legislation will kill the economy deserves the same disdain as the claim that global warming is a hoax. The truth about the economics of climate change is that it’s relatively easy being green.

Climate change: Avoiding a crash at Copenhagen | The Economist

Australia has proposed another route. All countries would come up with a “national schedule” of programmes, such as cap-and-trade and low-carbon regulations. Developed countries would also specify an amount by which they mean to reduce their emissions. These commitments would have the force of domestic law, but would not be subject to international sanctions. That’s probably what Mr Obama meant when he spoke at the summit of the need for countries to “stand behind” their commitments. American legislators would find this more palatable; so would developing countries, which fear that internationally binding commitments could be used as justifications for imposing tariffs on them.

Opponents of this approach complain that unless the targets are internationally binding, and there is a compliance mechanism to enforce them, any global agreement will be toothless. Yet Kyoto, in truth, has no teeth.

Solar-Power Incentives in Germany Draw Fire - WSJ.com

As cheaper Chinese rivals threaten to outshine Germany's pioneering solar-power industry, the head of a leading German solar company is proposing a radical counteroffense: cut the generous government subsidies that let German solar firms flourish in the first place.

Democrats Are Jarred by Drop In Fundraising - washingtonpost.com

Democratic political committees have seen a decline in their fundraising fortunes this year, a result of complacency among their rank-and-file donors and a de facto boycott by many of their wealthiest givers, who have been put off by the party's harsh rhetoric about big business.