German Clean-Power Boom `Breaks' System, Ex-Lobbyist Tells Handelsblatt - Bloomberg

Germany’s support for renewable energy is “breaking” the nation’s ability to pay for power and threatens the competitiveness of electricity producers, Handelsblatt cited a former industry group leader as saying.

Environment a "sideshow" for G8, G20 says Harper

As the host for the upcoming G8 and G20 economic summits, Canada has the privilege of setting the agenda for this year's meeting in Hunstville, Ontario. Despite pressure from the United Nations and several G8 and G20 member nations, Prime Minister Harper sees environmental concerns as a "sideshow." He does not want to put it on the agenda, since the summits are economic in nature.

Michael Levi's Blog » Blog Archive » In (Qualified) Praise of Utility-Only Cap-and-Trade

4. The politics of cap-and-trade have traditionally involved using revenue from the transportation sector to compensate every other affected entity (utilities, manufacturers, consumers, etc). That is part of why so many business interests have been willing to support a bill. Utility-only doesn’t deliver that money. That may complicate the politics of a bill.

There is, of course, a fifth problem. It has been very tough to tie cap-and-trade to public outrage over the oil spill. A cap-and-trade system that deliberately does nothing about oil will be even harder to sell from that angle.

Emanuel open to limited climate [swindle] bill - Darren Samuelsohn - POLITICO.com

President Obama’s chief of staff opened the door on Friday for a limited Senate climate bill that focuses on capping greenhouse gases from power plants.

Exclusive: Proposal to water down climate bill would favor Obama aides’ former employer | Raw Story

A watered-down, utilities-only climate change bill would greatly leverage the profitability of US nuclear power generator Exelon, an Illinois-based company that provides the largest share of power from nuclear reactors of any company in the United States. Exelon operates six active nuclear reactors in Obama's home state.