E2 Morning Roundup

On tap Monday II: Liberal, green groups weigh in on climate funding

Two advocacy groups with ties to prominent Democrats will make the case Monday that the U.S. should be the leading player in international climate change finance.

The Center for American Progress and the Alliance for Climate Protection will release a report titled “U.S. Role in International Climate Finance: A Blueprint for Near-Term Leadership.”
...John Podesta, who was former President Clinton’s chief of staff, founded the Center for American Progress. Al Gore, Clinton’s vice president, launched the Alliance for Climate Protection.
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Ethanol, green power lobbyists seek to salvage incentives

Democratic legislation to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class – but let them lapse for the wealthy – was defeated in the Senate Saturday.

The problem for ethanol industry and renewable electricity advocates is that extensions of key incentive programs are tethered to the measure.

UN Climate Negotiators Considering Two-Year Deadline for New Emission Cuts - Bloomberg

“Cancun will not guarantee a second commitment period, but it will not kill the hopes of a second commitment period,” Figueres said in a speech on Dec. 4. “We need to build the foundation, the basement upon which we will then continue. This is absolutely a minimus agreement” that “is going to be frankly pathetically insufficient. We are just barely, barely scratching the surface of what we need to do.”

Bozeman experiences coolest November in decade - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle: News

Bozeman experienced the coolest November since 2000. A record low of 19 below was recorded on Nov. 24, and single-digit high temperatures on the 23rd and 24th also were the lowest ever on those dates. In order to find a temperature as cold as 19 below in November at MSU, I had to go back to 1959, when the all-time record of 26 below occurred.