Taxpayers fund focus group testing of Gillard government's carbon price campaign | The Australian

The contracts are funded under an $8.2 million allocation in the latest federal budget for a climate change information campaign.

The government has also announced a $12 million taxpayer-funded advertising campaign on its carbon tax.

Scientific American launches new blog network, sans climate | Watts Up With That?

Interestingly, there appears to be no blogs about climate.

Sky News: Coal miners continue carbon tax fight

The coal industry will fight the carbon tax until the last minute it passes parliament, Australian Coal Association chief Ralph Hillman says.

For U.S. electricity, bigger isn’t better | Grist

it's time to abandon our 20th-century electricity system

Four Lake Tahoe ski resorts offer that rare Fourth of July experience - San Francisco skiing | Examiner.com

It seems only appropriate during a record-breaking season for snow totals that four Lake Tahoe ski resorts would be open for Fourth of July Weekend.