» Former Veep Goes Girly-Man, Has Hissy Fit in Pages of New York Times - Big Journalism

The New York Times continues its painful-to-watch demise with this published hissy-fit from the ultra-feminine side of the prophet of the-sky-is-really-falling gloom, Al Gore. Have your hankies at the ready, ladies. Get your Pepto Bismol off the shelf, guys.

This piece of pure, dribbling, drooling emoting is going to either make you collapse in a torrent of tears or retch into the nearest barf bag. The only human beings on the planet to whom this editorial would appeal are a bunch of 13-year-old girls without a single clue between them.

California to Examine Health Impacts of Landmark Cap-and-Trade Program -- WASHINGTON, March 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

WASHINGTON, March 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Health Impact Project today announced the award of a $150,000 grant to the Oakland-based Public Health Institute to collaborate with the California Department of Public Health on a health impact assessment (HIA) of a proposed "cap-and-trade" regulation under California's 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act. The study will analyze the health impacts of this landmark proposal and provide a health-based analysis to inform the California rulemaking process.

U.S. Carbon [Swindle] Market Worth $2.7 Billion, [Carbon Swindle] Analyst Says - BusinessWeek

March 1 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. carbon market is worth $2.7 billion, environmental market analysis firm Point Carbon said.

That is less than 3 percent of the total value of carbon- dioxide permits in the European Union’s cap-and-trade program. That amount was 69.4 billion euros ($93.9 billion) last year, Point Carbon said in a Jan. 27 report.

API snags enviro group vet for grassroots director slot - The Hill's E2-Wire

This is an interesting job change: The American Petroleum Institute – the oil industry’s biggest trade group – has hired the Nature Conservancy’s climate change organizer as its new grassroots director.

Deryck Spooner is now API’s senior director for external mobilization following his stint managing the Nature Conservancy’s climate change advocacy and outreach work, API announced Monday.