As the Far North [Allegedly] Melts, Calls [Allegedly] Grow for Arctic Treaty by Ed Struzik: Yale Environment 360

“Few — if any — seriously question any longer that the Arctic Ocean meltdown has now become irreversible,” said one of the WWF reports.

Cap-And-Trade Prospects Dimmer Than Ever - By Marlo Lewis

The Party of Endangerment miscalculates, because pro-growth lawmakers are not stuck between a rock and a hard place. They have a third option: Just say no to cap-and-tax, let President Obama and his congressional allies take ownership of the regulatory cascade and economic fallout emanating from the endangerment rule, and then exploit the political backlash.

University of Colorado climatologist Roger Pielke, Jr. put the point very well more than a year ago: “Far from being an incentive for Congress to act on its own, the looming possibility that EPA will take regulatory action is a strong incentive for Republicans to stalemate Congressional action and a nightmare scenario for Democrats.”