The central question for 2010: Will anti-science ideologues be able to kill the bipartisan climate and clean energy jobs bill? « Climate Progress

If not for the Senate’s “dangerous dysfunction,” as Paul Krugman put it — the once rare, but now commonplace need for 60 votes to pass almost any piece of legislation — the Senate almost would probably have passed its own climate bill in 2009. I still believe they will in 2010, with 4 or more Republican votes.

Job Creation Takes On New Importance in Climate-Change [Swindle] Fight - WSJ.com

If the public has to choose between creating jobs and spending billions to scrub invisible heat-trapping gases from the sky, jobs will win. That's why the campaign to combat climate change is morphing, at least politically, into an economic-development drive with an environmental twist.

CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES Climate Summary

[NOAA] The average temperature in December 2009 was 30.2 F. This was -3.2 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 14th coolest December in 115 years.

[When lack of global warming hits, it's coal to the rescue] | Electric.co.uk News

It now seems that a number of power stations are working around the clock to meet the increased demand for power due to the freezing temperatures in the UK. Many of the older coal-fired power stations, which have been operating on restricted hours due to tough emissions restrictions, are now getting to work around the clock to counter the concerns over dwindling energy stocks during the cold weather.

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Flashback: Steven Chu: ‘Coal is My Worst Nightmare’ - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Big Coal won’t be very happy if Dr. Chu gets confirmed as head of the DOE—he’s really, really not a big fan. “Coal is my worst nightmare,” he said repeatedly in a speech earlier this year outlining his lab’s alternative-energy approaches.