United States and India Reaffirm Commitment to Climate and Clean Energy Partnership | Shravya Reddy's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indian Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna, who are meeting this week in New Delhi for the ongoing U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue, reaffirmed both countries’ commitment to address climate change, ensure mutual energy security, and build clean energy economies.

Shovel Ready? 'Bite Me!'

"Bite Me," a charter fishing boat ($1,500 plus tip for a full-day's outing) based at the Hatteras Harbor Marina in Dare County (on the Outer Banks), was one of 14 fishing boats on the North Carolina coast to receive thousands of dollars to replace their diesel engines under President Obama's stimulus program.

Five Aftereffects of Climate Bill's Failure - Amy Harder - NationalJournal.com

5. EPA reluctantly rolls out carbon regulations.The most politically explosive repercussion of failing to pass climate legislation has been the role that the Environmental Protection Agency is now being required to play. President Obama did not want EPA to control greenhouse-gas emissions; the implicit threat of such regulation was supposed to be the stick to prod lawmakers into coalescing around a market-friendly cap-and-trade system. But EPA is now bound by a Supreme Court decision to fill the legislative void with its less business-friendly command-and-control regulations. EPA is drafting the rules this year and hopes to finalize them in 2012. Congress could succeed in delaying the standards until after the 2012 elections. That uncertainty is creating a mishmash of business decisions, with industry groups warning that the rules will wreck havoc on the economy, as well as an overall stalemate in energy policy.

Abbott: the future is bright, brown

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has backed the long-term future of coal-fired power, arguing there is ''no reason'' new brown coal plants should not be built.