GreenChange - No CleanCoal, ClimateBill and Offshore drilling DOA

Good posts this week from GreenChange

• US Senate Democrats walk climate bill to slow death "It's not fair to say it's dead, but it's on the back burner... It could happen this year, but at this point it's not likely," said a senior Democratic aide familiar with Reid's thinking.
  
• "Clean coal" won't work, new research says A new research paper from American academics is threatening to blow a hole in growing political support for carbon capture and storage as a weapon in the fight against global warming.
• Why more offshore oil drilling is a bad idea The oil well connected to a drilling rig that sank in the Gulf of Mexico last week after a fiery explosion is gushing crude oil, raising fears of a severe environmental hazard.HTML clipboard
• US Senate Democrats prepare giant favors for coal, nuclear, oil industries Democrats' favorite boogeymen on green issues — coal companies, the nuclear industry and Big Oil — have not only elbowed their way into seats at the table; they are poised to reap windfalls from climate proposals working their way through the Senate.