Shielding law on global warming top priority for environmental activists - The Hill's E2-Wire

Protecting California’s global warming law has become a top priority for environmental activists who are still smarting over the defeat of comprehensive energy legislation in Congress this year. If the law survives the ballot challenge, it could become a model for other states to emulate.

“We are watching this on a national level,” said Chris Youngmark, deputy director of a local California United Steelworkers, which opposes Prop 23. “It seems like everything starts in California and moves eastward.”

China's Energy Official Says Obama Seeking `Votes' With Clean Energy Case - Bloomberg

China’s top energy official said the U.S. was playing electoral politics with an announcement that it will investigate a union complaint that the Chinese government gives unfair subsidies to its alternative energy industry.

“Does America want to get fair trade or a genuine dialogue, or get transparent information?” National Energy Administration Director Zhang Guobao asked at a Beijing press conference last night. “I think not -- it seems America’s main reason is to get votes.”