Top House Dem Dismisses GOP "Conspiracy Theory" on Lame Duck Session | Foxnews.com

White House energy and environmental adviser Carol Browner suggested on one Sunday morning talk show that the administration could try to revive the stalled "cap and trade" legislation during a lame duck session.

CEZ stops some carbon trade over fraud suspicions | Energy & Oil | Reuters

PRAGUE, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Czech CEZ (CEZPsp.PR: Quote), central Europe's biggest utility, has stopped trading carbon emissions with a number of smaller companies over fears of potential tax fraud, CEZ said on Monday.
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European tax authorities are investigating a suspected 5 billion euro ($6.65 billion) tax evasion scam in carbon trading in at least 11 countries. They have carried out raids and have arrested at least 29 people in several nations earlier this year.

Disaster relief offered to Montrose cherry farmers

MONTROSE, Colo. (KKCO) - Freezing temperatures ruined the cherry crops in Montrose County. Now Governor Ritter wants to help.
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Hundreds of trees that can typically produce 20,000 pounds of cherries. But with extreme weather, Murray was only able to salvage 40 pounds of cherries.

$88m Grant to Tackle Climate Change | The Jakarta Globe

Indonesia has received $88 million from an international fund to help it fight climate change.
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The fund had previously given the nation $40 million for a four-year program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

However, $17 million of the money was never used because no major programs, which were eligible for more than $1 million each, were proposed.