It looks like Gov. Charlie Crist might not hold a climate-change summit this year and he's voicing concerns about so-called "cap-and-trade" legislation to crack down on carbon dioxide emissions, though he initiated a state version of the federal legislation.

Crist's leadership on climate change was singled out this morning during a press conference by a honcho at Danfoss Turbocor, a Tallahassee-based manufacturer of carbon-reducing industrial air-conditioning compressors.

Later, when we asked Crist if he'd have the climate-change summit, which he has hosted for the past two years, Crist said: "Haven’t decided yet."

Q: Why?

Crist: Cost.

Q: Cost to whom?

Crist: Just cost (to) whoever would sponsor it

Q: What about the cap-and-trade legislation that many, such as Republican Senate opponent Marco Rubio, criticize as a hidden tax on energy consumption?

Crist: "Well, it may be. That may be accurate. As with anything, any proposal, you want to try to do it right and not be over oppressive if you will as it relates to how you implement things."

Q: Your climate-change summit decision has nothing to do regarding the attacks on you regarding your support of climate change?

Crist: What attacks?

Q: From your opponent.

Crist, smiling: Yeah

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