Wonkbook, Washington Post: How politically toxic is climate change in the U.S.?

“[C]limate change has been the issue that national politicians seem to avoid at all costs. Supporting renewable energy? Fine. Advocating energy independence? Great. Calling for action on global warming? Not so much…55 percent of registered voters say that the candidates’ views on global warming will factor into their decisions in the polling booth. Most of these voters also believe the evidence that global warming is stepping up and that the federal government should do something about it…A Stanford University-Washington Post poll conducted in June shows that while trust in scientists has diminished in the last five years and the percentage of climate change skeptics has nearly doubled, to 25 percent…About 77 percent said the issue was important to them. But half of that group said it was only “somewhat important,” the third available choice on a five-point scale.” Felicity Barranger in The New York Times.

Business: Natural gas slowly makes its way to your filling station -- 08/16/2012 -- www.eenews.net

In the United States, truck stop chain TravelCenters of America LLC revved the alternative fuels market this summer when it said it would soon offer liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the same islands where owners of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles have long held sway.