Hopes Dim for Senate Action on Oil Spill Liability and “Renewable Electricity Standard” (Politico)

Obama: Climate Legislation Must Be Piecemeal, not Omnibus (Rolling Stone interview)

Appliance Efficiency Gains Offset by Gadgets + Bigger Homes (W Post)

Rice Univ. Study: CO2 Tax Far More Effective Than Renewable Energy Quota (Houston Chronicle)

Senators See Renewable Energy Bill as Christmas Tree for Pet Projects (NYT-Greenwire)

Time is Right For Smart Carbon Tax (Houston Chronicle)

Climate change enlightenment was fun while it lasted. But now it’s dead (Geo. Monbiot, Guardian, UK)

Holdren bidding to rebrand GW as ‘Global Climate Disruption’ (NYT Green blog)

Koch Brothers Bankrolling Bid to Suspend Calif. AB32 GHG Law (NYT)