What Would Make The Climate Bill Tolerable? | FDL News Desk

...This just seems like a terrible bargain for an unproven, untested, and untenable carbon cap.

• Why are we even talking about this bill like it can pass? Kerry claims some secret back channel to Republicans with this bill, but pardon me if I don’t see it. Given that reality, you have a whole lot of concessions to industry with no tangible reward in the form of votes. Why pre-compromise the bill without anyone signed on from the other side?

Boondoggle giveaway: A glimpse at the new Senate cap-and-trade bill | Midwest Voices

A Brookings researcher looks at the Senate climate bill and finds that in the early years of the program, only about 25 percent of the carbon allowances will actually be sold.

The rest? Given away, of course...

Frost Hits Indiana Soybeans

Parts of Northern Indiana saw overnight temperatures dip below freezing this week, and there have been widespread reports of frost damage to soybeans.

Coldest May morning in four years

WEDNESDAY morning was the coldest in May for four years for parts of southeastern Australia, and yesterday many more centres are had their turn in near-freezing conditions.