The EPA weighs the hidden costs of carbon | Grist

This week, the Environmental Protection Agency will do more than set new fuel efficiency standards for cars. It will put a price on carbon.
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And of course it will help to slow down our contributions to the greenhouse gases that are warming our planet. Using the new carbon price, EPA estimates that the rule will save $16.4 billion in climate costs down the line.

Lindsey ‘Green Economy’ Graham bashes the Clean Air Act | Grist

The traditional tools of the Clean Air Act must be complemented by a comprehensive redirection of national energy policy if we are to confront the increasing disaster of climate change. But the idea that Congress should pass climate legislation to prevent the specter of the mean nasty EPA Carbon Cops -- as Koch Industries' Americans for Prosperity is selling in Arkansas right now -- is, quite simply, toxic.

[Isn't Al Gore himself the ultimate authority on climate science?]: TV weathercasters moonlight as climate experts. It’s a problem | Grist

This week in TV-news bashing, we learn that significant numbers of TV weathercasters are serving as climate-change experts, without training in climatology but with lots of confidence in their ability to opine on the subject.

Ask a Lawyer: Can I Paint My Own Bike Lane? - Ask a Lawyer - GOOD

So you're trying to shrink your carbon footprint by shunning your car and biking everywhere. There’s a thoroughfare near your house that you ride a lot, but the only problem is it doesn’t “technically” have a bike lane. What kind of trouble could you get into if you painted one on your own?

Catastrophic trouble.