Climate-change skeptics have it wrong, memo to minister says

...the memorandum, drafted before some of those mistakes were revealed, said the IPCC was still the best source of information on climate science, backed up by findings of many major national science academies around the world.

Editorial: How Congress can get a "smart" climate-change [scam] bill passed - washingtonpost.com

Though energy prices would rise, the 100 percent auction option need not hurt most Americans' budgets; Congress could rebate most of the revenue from allowance auctions directly to Americans, making the vast majority of them whole -- or better. Cutting a check to every one of your constituents: Now there's something lawmakers straddling the fence on climate-change legislation should be able to cheer.

As the Senate begins to look beyond the health-care fight, the question legislators should be asking is not whether to put a price on carbon. It's how to do it best.

California a barometer for US cap & trade

California, the US’s largest state in economic terms and a long-time pioneer in environmental regulation, is now a barometer for the future of carbon cap and trade in North America as various emissions trading moves hang in the balance. Doubts over whether a far-reaching emissions cap and trade programme proposed by Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will now come to pass have implications for the chances of a wider regional scheme taking off and federal moves to get a nation-wide energy and climate bill through Congress.

Automakers facing carbon tax in 2011 under tough new standards.

Prentice's announcement comes one day after the government cancelled an incentive program for home renovations to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions.

The program was also previously cancelled by the government in 2006 but restored under a new name, one year later following public criticism.