Svalbard diary: Correspondent's diary: Shine on | The Economist

How sustainable it is for 40-odd people to travel a very long way in order to attend yet another meeting on climate change is obviously open to debate...Certainly it’s not an opportunity to turn down.

Senate Dem Principles Will Meet Today To Decide on Cap-and-Trade (For Real This Time?) | GlobalWarming.org

There’s only a month left on the Senate calendar, and elections are looming, so many Senators are wary of an issue as divisive and nuanced as is cap-and-trade energy rationing. As a result, there’s been a lot of procrastinating.

UK: Osborne shuns low carbon agenda in non-green budget - 22 Jun 2010 - BusinessGreen.com

Climate change and green economy barely mentioned as Chancellor delays reform to aviation tax and skates over plans for green bank