Florida reels from freezing temperatures this December.

Tourists in Orlando, perhaps heeding Bastardi’s pronouncement to go South, faced wind gusts of 15 to 20 mph and 20-degree temperatures. Wind chill advisories were activated along with warnings of the deep freeze. A combination of extremely dry air and high winds activated fear of brush fires. The icy weather could not have been less timely for Walt Disney World’s Theme Parks, which hosted two holiday festivities at Epcot Center and the Magic Kingdom. Both were scheduled in the evening and outdoors.

Carbon trading tempts firms to make greenhouse gas - environment - 16 December 2010 - New Scientist

. By some estimates, the value of the carbon credits is up to 100 times the cost of incinerating HFC-23. The resulting income of Chinese companies alone is estimated to reach $1.6 billion by 2012.

Great news: California to adopt cap-and-trade « Hot Air

California’s unemployment rate has soared to 12.4%, third highest in the nation. For the sixth straight year, it has a net loss of population to other states as employers look to escape the onerous regulatory regimes and high tax rates in the nation’s most populous state. What better time to make energy more expensive and give government even more command control of the economy?