The LAT is reporting that a court has delayed implementation of California's greenhouse gas law, finding that the governing agency had failed to properly evaluate alternatives: "In a 35-page decision, Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith said the Air Resources Board had failed to consider public comments on the proposed measures before adopting the plan, which affects a broad swath of the state's economy. In particular, the judge noted, officials gave short shrift to analyzing a carbon fee, or carbon tax, devoting a 'scant two paragraphs to this important alternative' to a market-based trading system in their December 2008 plan."
Very interesting.