Australian carbon emissions will continue to gain, Wong says . Australia’s government said the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions will continue to increase without the introduction of its proposed trading system aimed at reducing them. [News Source]

Penny Wong says Greens rejection of ETS aimed at double dissolution. Greens deputy leader Christine Milne says the minor party would pick up Senate seats if Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called a double dissolution election on climate change. [News Source]

Double strokes. Brush on a newly-formulated paint and feel good about helping to save the environment. [News Source]

So where’s the nuclear power? America is paying a hefty price for more than a generation of "no nukes," not the least of which is a painful attempt to wean itself from the dirtier energy sources that contribute to climate change, threaten economic growth and sometimes dangerously influence foreign policy. [News Source]

Keeping tabs on water level. The tenuous way in which some folks claim cause-and-effect relationships to prove man's responsibility for - and specific ability to do something about - global warming should give us pause. [News Source]

A missed opportunity on climate change. During the presidential campaign of 2008, Barack Obama distinguished himself on the economics of climate change. Now that he is president, Mr. Obama may sign a climate bill that falls far short of his aspirations. [News Source]

Brownest cut of all by ‘green governor’. It may not be the unkindest cut and it may also not be the most inefficient or deadly one Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made when he used his veto pen to blue-pencil more than $500 million more from the state budget than legislators had already done. [News Source]

Power up and pass energy bill. A lot of heat -- and not so much light -- has been made about the U.S. House vote earlier this summer to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which will start to move this country to a clean energy economy. [News Source]