Register-Herald: The director of the Center for Climate Change Law painted a gloomy picture for an overflow crowd at a state Chamber of Commerce symposium on energy and the environment Thursday. Michael B. Gerrard warned the business leaders that if Congress fails to pass cap-and-trade legislation, the Environmental Protection Agency will surely implement regulations that could prove to be even more onerous to the coal industry. “The EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases,” Gerrard …