Row over sceptics hits climate talks | The Australian

AN escalating political row over the views of outspoken Coalition climate change sceptics is threatening ongoing negotiations between the government and opposition over Labor's emissions trading legislation.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Honey Trap for Obama

I argued last week that all the electric vehicle talk we heard so much of at Chrysler and GM during their restructuring (remember all those GM electric car ads on TV, which have now disappeared?) were just a honey trap for Obama. Auto makers knew that they were not designing a car for the masses, but for one man, to get him to put taxpayer money into their companies. Now that they actually have to think about selling these cars to the public, the ads have disappeared and now Chrysler is ending its EV program.

Copenhagen chief backs Aussie ETS

The boss of the Copenhagen climate summit says it would make a "huge difference" to global negotiations if Australia passed its emissions trading scheme (ETS) soon.