Lindsey Graham’s dilemma, part two: Trying to deal a winning hand without ACES | Grist

To summarize, Graham et al. seem set to explode the fragile consensus formed around ACES in favor of a piece of legislation that will cost more. They’ll lose the coal utilities but are unlikely to pick up Big Oil. The broad range of recipients of pollution allowances under ACES, who were set to receive a steady, predictable income over decades, now face a future patchwork of subsidies dependent on the whims of legislators—just the kind of meddling and favoritism carbon pricing was supposed to transcend.

Boehner, Barton Introduce Proposal to Halt EPA Ruling on CO2

Resolution of disapproval would prevent back door attempt at national energy tax

WASHINGTON – Republican leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and 84 other Republicans today introduced H.J. Res. 77, a resolution of disapproval on the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant.

The Hockey Schtick: Paper: "no change" climate "model" is 7 times better than IPCC model

A 2009 paper published in the International Journal of Forecasting states, in erudite terminology, that a "benchmark model" of climate, the "benchmark model" simply being that the climate will not change, resulted in climate change forecasting errors from 1851-1975 seven times less than the IPCC model which attributes climate change primarily to CO2 levels

Skelton seeks distance on cap and trade - David Catanese - POLITICO.com

"The reason I voted for it was to strip the EPA from controlling greenhouse gases," Skelton said, in an interview in his Rayburn office.

That's a message Skelton said he's conveyed to constituents frustrated by his stance on cap and trade: "Every time I raise it, I explain to them, yes, I was trying to save you from the EPA."