Senators Try to Raise Climate [Scam] Bill From Ashes - NYTimes.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators are examining ways to fashion a climate control bill to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which might not include a cap-and-trade system, key senators said on Thursday.
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Kevin Book, an analyst at ClearView Energy Partners in Washington, said in a note that Obama "displayed a canny understanding of the political challenges confronting recession-weary, centrist fence-sitters (in Congress)."

"Voters," he wrote, "may be much more likely to embrace a plan to best other nations in trade than a plan to save other nations from rising seas (even if it's the same plan)."

The Reference Frame: UK officials: Univ of East Anglia broke the law

The university won't be prosecuted because it was able to hide its illegal activities for more than six months.

Deltoid creates some Sci-Comm Pollution « JoNova

Deltoid (aka Tim Lambert) tries to attack Monckton (again). The bottom line? Deltoid agrees that Monckton’s calculations are correct, and accuses him of getting a figure wrong (which Monckton got right). As per form, there is plenty of bluster, and minimal substance. Deltoid repeats over and over that there are lots of mistakes and they’re all “important”, but cannot demonstrate any beyond a squabble over the exact phrasing of whether the IPCC included a formula or not. (It’s debateable, but it’s not important.)

Inconvenient Disclosure? - Edward John Craig - Planet Gore on National Review Online

The S.E.C. voted to force publicly traded companies to "disclose in their public filings the impact of climate change on their businesses — from new regulations or legislation they may face domestically or abroad, to potential changes in economic trends or physical risks to a company."

What happens when these disclosures show how much the Obama Energy Tax would cost these companies — costs they will immediately pass on to their customers? Proponents of cap-and-trade may wind up regretting this particular bit of red tape.