Senate's climate [fraud] bill a bit more ambitious - washingtonpost.com

The Senate version would also increase benefits for oil refiners, provide training for nuclear power plant workers and give unspecified appropriations for coal plants that convert to natural gas.
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The decision by Senate Democrats to give away large numbers of pollution permits angered some environmentalists, who noted that doing so would favor wealthier Americans who owned stock in companies affected by a national carbon cap.

The EPA analysis issued Friday said that the "free distribution of allowances to firms tends to be very regressive. . . . This is because the asset value of the allowances flows to households in the form of increased stock values or capital gains, which are concentrated in higher-income households."
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"The majority prefers to keep this bill under wraps for the very straightforward reason that it will destroy jobs, stifle economic growth and tax the energy Americans use every day," Inhofe said.

US carbon [swindle] legislation could decide plant site - Nucor

AP reported that Nucor Corporation indicated that the possible cost of any carbon legislation that emerges from Congress is still a key concern as the company decides whether to build a pig iron plant in Louisiana or South America.

As per report, Nucor is considering a site near Convent in St James Parish, along with another in Brazil, for the USD 2.1 billion project that would initially employ 500 people at an annual average salary of USD 75,000. It would be one of Louisiana's largest economic development projects ever.

Crist to skip Obama visit to Arcadia

...the image he once proudly crafted as an environmental leader, particularly on climate change, has become more of a hindrance than a benefit as he battles Marco Rubio for the Republican nomination.
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Crist's appearance with Obama in February did not appear to be much of a gamble then. Obama's approval ratings were in the 70s and Crist was a 30-point favorite to beat primary opponent Marco Rubio.

2007: Crist literally gets embraced by Sheryl Crow and Laurie David

GAINESVILLE - With "STOP GLOBAL WARMING" bracelets dangling from his wrist, Gov. Charlie Crist took his seat between the two women who would soon embrace him in a hug before a row of television cameras: rock star and environmental activist Sheryl Crow and Laurie David, producer of the Al Gore documentary on global warming.