Climate Realists Twofer...

Kevin Rudd cools on carbon targets
Federal cabinet is finalising a cautious emissions trading scheme offering higher compensation to big trade-exposed polluters and a ''soft'' start in pollution-reduction targets. With concern growing in the Rudd cabinet about the emissions trading scheme's potential to exacerbate already rising unemployment, particularly in crucial marginal regional seats (Snip) the Government will offer significant changes to its original formula offering wider compensation to trade-exposed emissions-intensive industries...
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Merkel: Jobs More Important Than Climate Change
Chancellor Angela Merkel has been keen to promote herself as a tough actor on climate change, but with a new EU climate deal in the making, she's issued a new caveat: It must not jeopardize German jobs [American jobs, ok.]. With the recession tightening its grip on the German economy, Merkel is betting that job reassurance is more important to the average worker than being a pioneer in tackling climate change. [apostate!]
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[Evidently climate realists aren't the only one who can be, well, climate realists {this is going to get confusing}]
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