The Two Fatal Flaws of a Cap-less Climate Bill « The Washington Independent

Second, there’s the annoying truth that you can keep taking the teeth out of climate legislation, but you’re still not going to get many — if any — more Republicans or conservative Democrats to vote for it.

Parliamentary climate emails inquiry - as it happened | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Live coverage of the science and technology committee inquiry into disclosure of climate data by the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia

Climate scientist admits sending 'awful emails' but denies perverting peer review | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Edward Acton, vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia, told the committee he hoped to announce the chair of a new inquiry, into the scientific findings of the CRU, later this week. The university has already set up a panel to assess the behaviour of Jones and colleagues, which is headed by Sir Muir Russell.

Phil Jones survives MPs' grilling over climate emails | Fred Pearce | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Jones's most tenacious adversaries were largely absent from the hearings, however. No sign of Canadian rottweiler mathematician Steve McIntyre, the arch-villain of dozens of the Climatic Research Unit-crew's emails. Or of Keenan, who accused Jones of fraud in a peer-reviewed journal.

Cap and Trade: Officially Dead? | Mother Jones

Cap and trade has long been regarded as the most politically feasible option to rein in greenhouse gas pollution. That Kerry, Graham and Lieberman are considering dropping the idea is evidence that it has now become politically unpalatable.