Reuters AlertNet - Potentially deadly fungus spreading in US, Canada

* Fungus is unique genetic strain

* Climate change may aid its spread

Republican Opinions on Environmentalism have Shifted Drastically in the Past 10 Years | EnviroKnow

As you can see, nearly 50% of Republicans now think the environmental movement has done more harm than good, up from 28% just 10 years. And on the flipside, while 70% of Republicans thought the environmental movement did more good than harm in 2000, just 49% feel that way now.

Pelosi's choice - Will Democrats have to ditch immigration or climate change legislation? | POLITICO.COM

[Walter Russell Mead] Both a climate change bill and an immigration bill MIGHT be good politics in the long term; in the short term (like November) they are both horrible disasters in the making.

In both cases, a significant group of voters important to the Democratic base is passionately committed to the cause, but polls indicate that most voters don't share their views. The problem is this: any bill strong enough to galvanize the base and build Democratic turnout and enthusiasm for the fall will be so unpopular among the public at large that the already surging GOP and independent enthusiasm will be further stoked. Any bill weak enough to keep the opposition from going ballistic will be so weak and compromised that the Democratic base will purse its lips in disgust.