Analysis: South African carbon tax plan hurts job ambitions | Reuters

Reuters) - South Africa's carbon tax plan is running headlong into a clash with its job creation plans, putting the government in a bind ahead of hosting of a global climate summit at the end of the year as it seeks to rein in emissions without hurting growth.

COLUMN-EU court case nudges world towards carbon tariffs-Gerard Wynn - AlertNet

So far the EU has chosen to shield its steel and cement sectors, which are already included in its ETS, by giving them as many free allowances as they need or more, rather than using any import adjustment.

Global News | Conservatives falling short on climate change targets: report

OTTAWA – The Conservatives are falling short on climate change targets, despite committing to spend $9-billion on efforts to meet them in 2010, according to a new report out of the Office of the Auditor General.

More Bogus Solyndra Defenses | The Daily Caller

Is capitalism really incapable of providing the capital to commercialize promising innovations? Isn’t that kinda the whole point of capitalism?