NYT: A group of trucking and petroleum interests in California have filed suit against the state of California saying new emissions reductions standard will make business prohibitively expensive. 

 

WaPo: The Cape Wind project continues to face problems. 

 

ClimateWire via NYT: Increasingly a pipe dream and defined in a variety of ways, climate policy watchers are distancing themselves from the notion of a legally binding treaty for international climate change action. Meanwhile, even if all nations took the actions they committed to at the end of last month, it could be tough to tell, according to DotEarth.

 

NYT: Hacked emails are just the latest problem faced by the EU's carbon trading system. 

 

The Hindu: India's environmental minister says the nation is considering dropping its stance that per-capita emissions should form the baseline for consideration of international reductions obligations given the disparity between its overall emissions and the emissions released per citizen. 

 

Climate Compass: With China leading the way on green tech manufacturing, U.S. business leaders are encouraging members of the Obama Administration to avoid sparking a trade war through protectionist policies. 

 

And, from Discovery News, some troubling news about sea ice. 

 

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