Graham feared a gas-tax set-up - The Hill's E2-Wire

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) explained to the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein why he is no longer supporting the climate change bill that he helped to write. The long and the short of it is that Graham feared he was being set up.

Earn 'Points for the Planet,' at global warming talk in Morristown tonight | - Morristown Green - NJ.com

If you visit Morristown for tonight's free talk, "The Cloudy World of Climate Change," by Mark Zondlo of Princeton University, you should leave with a better grasp of global warming.

You also can walk away with Points for the Planet, redeemable for prizes.

Chills & fever: Aftermath of SW Florida’s cold winter tells tales in palm damage » Naples Daily News

“Trying to grow tropical palms in sub-tropical and temperate climates means cold damage is inevitable. This year’s cold weather is not atypical for Florida. For example, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a series of hard freezes destroyed much of the citrus industry located north of Orlando, which is why that industry pushed south to Immokalee. During that same time period, severe freeze damage occurred on palms throughout the state,” according to their report. “The only difference between then and now is that there are a lot more palms planted in communities that did not even exist in the early 1980s. So, for many people, this is their first experience with severe cold damage.”

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Cap-and-Trade in California | Mother Jones

...This makes AB32's future hazy to say the least. Supporters need to fight off a well-funded initiative campaign and make sure a Democrat is California's next governor. And they need to do it in an electoral environment that promises to be heavily favorable to the GOP and to anti-government forces in general. Four years ago AB32 promised to be the most muscular climate bill in the country. But unless a bunch of things go its way, by next year it might be dead.