Argus Leader: Climate-change legislation sputtered and eventually died in Congress this year when Democrats were firmly in control. With predictions of large Republican gains in the November elections, it’s considered even less likely that such a bill would fly next year. The demise of “cap-and-trade,” as the climate-change bill was called, disappointed President Obama and other Democrats who supported the measure. But the prospects are brighter for a more moderate step – still meaningful, but with bipartisan…