Europe's Military Leaders Differ With U.S. Republicans Over Urgency of Global Warming Problems - NYTimes.com

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Cap-and-trade legislation is "dead for the foreseeable future," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said this weekend as military leaders cited climate change as one of the world's top security challenges.

Speaking to ClimateWire at the Halifax International Security Forum this weekend, Graham -- once a Republican co-sponsor of major climate change legislation, said the idea of a sweeping bill "just doesn't play with the public anymore."
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From the melting of the Arctic to desertification in Africa, climate change is widely recognized as a threat multiplier. That is, the changes in the hydrologic cycle that will lead to droughts, floods and more severe storms will hit especially hard in areas already suffering from food insecurity, poor infrastructure and unstable regimes.

Green Power’s High Cost Scuttles Projects - NYTimes.com

Michael Polsky’s wind farm company was doing so well in 2008 that banks were happy to lend millions for his effort to light up America with clean electricity.

But two years later, Mr. Polsky has a product he is hard-pressed to sell.
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Companies that make solar cells and wind machines argue that a national energy policy is needed to guarantee them a market that will allow their industry to develop. Clean power will be an important industry globally for years, they say, and if the United States does not subsidize renewable energy now, it risks falling far behind other countries.

Climate Change Fight Needs To Be Localized: Bloomberg – AltTransport: Your Guide to Smarter Ways of Getting Around

Bloomberg, on his end, has recently started a car sharing program for city workers [How much car sharing does Bloomberg do?] in New York City and has been trying to get the fleet to go electric.