Murkowski: Congress Should Lead on Climate Change, After Waiting A While Longer :EnviroKnow

Senator Murkowski has never worked in good faith to address climate change. A few weeks ago her communications staffer yelled the following to me on the phone: “It will never pass the Senate. It will never be introduced in the Senate. Don’t you know how this works?”

Congress, not the EPA, should lead climate battle: Compass | adn.com

[Murkowski] You can be assured that I will continue to work in good faith with all who want to address climate change. But I also recognize that settling for our "least worst" option -- a flawed climate bill to stave off costly regulations -- will do little to resolve a challenge this great. We need an effective policy that will endure, and that's why Congress, not the EPA, must take the lead.

Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change, Solve 'Fast Half' of Climate Problem | Reuters

"Cutting CO2 emissions is essential, but it won't produce cooling fast enough to avoid passing tipping points for abrupt climate change," said Zaelke. "With the world already committed to more than 2 degrees Celsius of warming, we need these fast-action strategies to put the brakes on climate change, and in the case of biochar, put us in reverse by reducing existing atmospheric concentrations of CO2." "We intend our paper as a [political?] call to action," said co-author K. Madhava Sarma of the Montreal Protocol's Technology and Economic Assessment Panel.

Constantine: Hutchison steers $ to global warming deniers

"Susan Hutchison has used the foundation she runs to direct massive contributions to a so- called 'environmental center' that actually funds global warming deniers and works to eliminate environmental protections important to the people of King County."