Economic Scene - Climate Proposal That Looks Beyond Cap and Trade - NYTimes.com

These proposals reflect the political reality that raising the cost of dirty energy is unpopular, especially when the economy is so weak. Finding the money to make clean energy cheaper, even when government budgets are tight, will probably be an easier sell.
...when will Congress take another shot at cap and trade? Given the gains that Republicans are likely to make in next month’s elections, 2013 seems the soonest that is remotely fathomable.