Bingaman draft outlines utility-only climate [scam] approach - The Hill's E2-Wire

The 50-page Bingaman draft echoes several key talking points Democratic leaders and centrists in both parties have been sounding off on lately on what it will take to get 60 votes for a combined carbon pricing and energy production strategy.
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It would also establish an energy security dividend payment that resembles a cap-and-dividend approach favored by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine).

Reid throws climate lifeline to greens - The Hill's E2-Wire

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has pledged to bring to the Senate floor an energy and climate package that includes controversial greenhouse gas curbs, throwing a lifeline to liberals who say the legislation falls short without them.

Kerry, Lieberman circulate climate plan focused on power plants - The Hill's E2-Wire

The latest 667-page Kerry-Lieberman draft, obtained by The Hill, echoes the emission reduction goals for the utility sector of their earlier bill, aiming for cuts of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, 42 percent by 2030 and 83 percent by mid-century.

Althouse: "I feared that if I ran for the door to get out, I could or would be violently accosted by some security detail."

What makes a man treat a woman like that? Generally, I think it's because he's done things like that before, many times, and gotten away with it. We're talking about an older man, with a big reputation and a lot to lose. Why would he proceed in such a crude fashion? I would guess that his sensibilities have numbed over the years, as women acceded to his moves. The moves became less and less elaborate.

Cuccinelli responds to U.Va. in climate research case

The University of Virginia has failed to demonstrate that a request for documents by the Virginia Attorney General violates any constitutional or legal right of the university or its faculty, according to a brief filed today by the attorney general's office.

Do more on climate, Smith tells China

Australia has called on China to do more to tackle climate change - despite not having its own climate scheme in place.