As Europe Kicks Coal Habit, Hungarian Town Feels Pangs - NYTimes.com

“We know that coal is an old technique that is not sustainable here, but we have not found an alternative,” said Gabor Rajnai, Oroszlany’s mayor. “Everyone is thinking about how are we going to keep warm in winter.”
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Today, men in shorts, baseball caps and wraparound sunglasses maneuver bales of hay to mix with the coal so that the plant qualifies for higher tariffs paid for green electricity, although its furnaces will not tolerate less than 50 percent coal.

Manatee County Businesses Left Holding the Bag on Solar Rebates - The Bradenton Times - Free News for Bradenton, FL and Manatee County

The Sawes invested over $110,000 in an electricity-generating and water-heating solar system to service their villas, with promised rebates of just over $50,000. At this savings, it would still take quite some time to recoup their investment, but their commitment to green living made it worthwhile. Unfortunately, like thousands of Floridians, the Sawes were left holding the bag when money for the state's program ran out and the legislature failed to fund it in this year's budget.

For the Sawes, the timing of the blow couldn't have been worse. An unseasonably cold winter and fears related to the oil spill have both affected tourism this year. Waiting on $50,000 of promised funds adds to an already difficult time.
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"Once the rebates came out, a lot of people got snookered," Roark told me. "It was kind of like the old aluminum siding salesman, you know? Just take a look at the yellow pages before the rebates and how few listings there were for solar contractors. Then all of a sudden they were everywhere. A lot of the contractors knew that the money was gone and that these people weren't going to get rebates, but they took the money and ran. Now they've gone up to New Jersey and places where rebates are hot again and it's really left the solar industry with a black eye."

Climate change committee will assess carbon tax: Julia Gillard | The Australian

JULIA Gillard refused today to commit to a tax on carbon despite public pressure from BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers.

The Prime Minister said the government would assess the options in “good faith” through the climate change committee.

No climate change on Mich. Supreme Court docket : News : UpNorthLive.com

(AP) -- The Michigan Supreme Court says it won't wade into global warming. The court has refused to take an appeal from a group called Citizens for Environmental Inquiry, which had asked state officials to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide.