The World Will Warm Faster than Predicted

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/27/world-warming-faster-study

The Energy Bill and Environmentalist

The New York Times reports on concerns among some environmentalist on Obama’s committment to climate action.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/us/politics/11protest.html?_r=1&ref=earth

Help in Understanding Cap and Trade in the Energy Bill

http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/10/robert_stavins_interview/

Doom and Gloom

An article about the politics and science of climate change and James Lovelock.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/141081/the_dark_side_of_climate_change%3A_it%27s_already_too_late%2C_cap_and_trade_is_a_scam%2C_and_only_the_few_will_survive/?page=1

The Agriculture Lobby

It is not unusual for me to read journalistic articles and come away wondering ‘who the h…. are they talking about’. I’ve attached one of those articles from The Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504133.html?sub=AR
I also read some polling this morning that says 75 percent of the American public thinks we need to act on climate change legislation and over [...]

The Wall Street Journal

Below is a link to a recent Wall Street Journal article on climate change science. From their perspective, significantly more scientists are becoming skeptical of climate change.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597505076157449.html

USDA to Oversee Carbon Offset Program in Energy Bill

The House Ag Committee has won a major argument on who is to administer the offset program in the new energy bill.
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/24/24climatewire-farm-groups-prevail-as-house-climate-bill-pu-24287.html

Global Climate Change Impacts in the U. S.

http://downloads.globalchange.gov/usimpacts/pdfs/climate-impacts-report.pdf

Oil Industry Blasts New Climate Bill

From the New York Times:
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/oil-industry-blasts-house-climate-bill/?hp

The Public and Cap and Trade

My Illinois farmer friend, John Phipps, has been spending a lot of time worrying about cap and trade legislation. He recently blogged about this survey concerning the public’s understanding of the issue.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/environment/congress_pushes_cap_and_trade_but_just_24_know_what_it_is