Copenhagen climate talks: No deal, we're out of time, Obama warns | Environment | The Guardian

"Copenhagen has come a year too early. There was no way Obama could get this together for December this year [because he had to work on health care first!?]," said King. Chinese negotiators have been saying much the same thing in private.

Delaying an international climate treaty: not as bad as it looks | David "Climate Nuremberg" Roberts - Grist

Behind the scenes, that bill is getting larded up with enough retrograde energy pork to secure precious conservative votes. Best case scenario, it limps through the Senate, gets a little remediation in conference committee, and passes in April or May. Beyond then, midterm politics take over and reasonable legislating becomes impossible.

General Electric Pursues Pot of Government Stimulus Gold - WSJ.com

In February, a few days after President Obama signed the stimulus plan, GE lawyers, lobbyists and executives crowded into a conference room at GE's Washington office to figure out how to parlay billions of dollars in spending provisions into GE contracts. Staffers from coal, renewable-energy, health-care and other business units broke into small groups to figure out "how to help companies" -- its customers, in particular -- "get those funds," according to one person who attended.