Massachusetts Senate race results: Obama's signal that all is changed / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

Cap-and-trade for carbon emissions? Gone.

Obama’s ambitious proposal for cap-and-trade carbon-emission regulation, meant to combat global climate change, now is not going anywhere this year.

FT.com | FT Energy Source | US cap-and-trade bill looks even further away

John Kemp at Reuters mentions that Senate majority leader Harry Reid is one of those Democrats facing a tough re-election, and might therefore not even put the bill to a vote.

EU Referendum: The full horror

[Video] The "North" interview for Indian television.

Sun Not Ready to Set on German Nuke Plants - Max Schulz - Planet Gore on National Review Online

But the real news in this Dow Jones piece appears buried at the bottom — namely, that “the government will extend the life spans of nuclear power plants, postponing the existing policy under which all of Germany's 17 remaining reactors will have to be shut down by around 2021.” That’s much bigger news than the subsidy story, and a positive development for those interested in generating truly green energy.