BYO Energy Bill - Newsweek

Cap-and-trade has been dead for months, but Reid is likely to include a federal cap for just the top polluters—namely, utilities—that most members would get behind.

[I blame Marc Morano] - China joins anti-ETS lobby

After threatening last year to cancel flights to Europe, China's aviation sector has instead joined a US counterpart in voicing opposition to the EU's plan to impose a carbon cap and trade scheme from 2012.

Toomey calls cap-and-trade bill a jobs killer

Speaking at a Dauphin County coffeehouse, Toomey warned a bill taxing energy consumption would cause utility rates to skyrocket, and would force small businesses to close up shop.

“The Democratic administration that we have today,” said Toomey, “their Public Utilities Commission has indicated from a study that they believe that, if this cap-and-trade legislation were fully implemented – the bill that Joe Sestak voted for and said didn't go far enough – it would cost Pennsylvania 66,000 jobs over the next ten years.”

"WARMING" THE SOIL

Climate change alters farmers’ schedules
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In the end, Powers estimates she lost about 90 percent of her peaches and plums. Her entire pear crop was decimated by the frost and she lost some of her currants.