Baucus opposition chills climate [swindle] bill - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com

Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer can pass a climate bill out of her committee without Sen. Max Baucus, but losing the powerful moderate could set the stage for a blowout battle.

The Montana Democrat threw a bomb into the committee hearing room Tuesday when he said he had “serious reservations” about the Democrats’ climate change bill, a statement that immediately sparked fierce speculation that he would vote against the legislation.

Obama: Twelve months on, the star falls back to earth - Americas, World - The Independent

Last year he could do no wrong. Now he is on the stump in a desperate bid to avert a Republican fightback.

Biofuels Aren't Carbon Neutral - WSJ.com

The ethanol boondoggle is also an environmental catastrophe.

Exactly how bad should I feel about taking hot showers? - By Nina Shen Rastogi - Slate Magazine

I know that taking long, hot showers is an environmental no-no. But now that the weather's getting colder, I just can't face the day without one. Exactly how much damage am I doing to the planet?

[Another head-scratcher from Revkin] - NYTimes.com

Two readers with different backgrounds who both accept that humans could disrupt the climate shared strong feelings of discouragement after the Obama administration’s “evidence-based revival meeting,”...
...is this the darkness before the dawn? Is President Obama waiting to initiate big moves in 2010, to favor Democrats’ chances in the November [2009] elections?