We also get an update from Business Week on the cap-and-trade debate for carbon emissions, including a quote from Duke Energy?s CEO.

If you?re wondering how a cap-and-trade program might affect North Carolina, check out the Beacon Hill Institute?s 2008 report for the John Locke Foundation.

Here?s a synopsis: thousands of lost jobs and multibillion-dollar negative impacts on real disposable income and Gross State Product.