My turn: Without climate change bill, nation's poor will suffer first - Juneau Empire

Common sense suggests that a world with nearly seven billion humans, many using high levels of carbon-based fuels, will begin to overload the capacity of the planet to absorb carbon.

Internal Affairs: Barbara Boxer is no Ted Kennedy - San Jose Mercury News

...invoking "one of the greatest of all time" at the same time you're trying to dampen expectations might not be the best strategy.

Andrews: Over the climate cliff - The Denver Post

"You students have read of the superstitious Aztecs sacrificing lives to appease the rain god Tlatoc. They didn't know better. But imagine the perversity of leaders here in our own state, in our own time, sacrificing both prosperity and political careers to a climate deity equally mythical, equally cruel."

Viewpoints: Carbon-cap machinery needlessly complex

But the more I look at legislation for a cap-and-trade program, the more it looks like a Rube Goldberg device – one of those amusing contraptions that employ all manner of moving parts in a complicated, convoluted process that performs a simple task.

Wrong time for climate policy | Louisiana

Cap-and-trade, as it is called, would put strict limits on carbon emissions. Most experts agree the plan would devastate Louisiana's economy. Beyond even the business of fossil fuels, we've seen the looming impact of cap-and-trade in other industries as well. Just last week, steelmaker Nucor announced it's waiting to see what Congress does before deciding whether to place its newest plant in Louisiana or in South America.