{Disarmed} Roy Spencer Exclusive, The Full Monckton and the weekly Chilling Effect cartoon

Energy and Environment: Around the Interwebs

WSJ editorial: Obama’s Carbon Ultimatum; The coming offer you won’t be able to refuse…Environmental Capital Blog: Coal Storage: Clean Coal’s Next Big Hurdle…Watts Up With That?: Arctic Ice Now 31.3% Over Last Year, plus Scientists Counter Latest Arctic ‘Record’ Warmth Claims as ‘Pseudoscience’…Helpful Reminder From The New York Times: Both Candidates Believe in Global Warming

Exclusive: Bestselling “Climate Confusion” author talks with Chilling Effect!

New York Times best selling author Dr. Roy Spencer was in the nation’s capital last week to talk about his book Climate Confusion. Spencer spared a few minutes out of his schedule to talk with The Chilling Effect about the book and the current state of the debate…Check it out! Also be sure to check out his latest post: “Global Warming as a Natural Response to Cloud Changes Associated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO).”

From Monckton to McCain, With Love…

While McCain still struggles to make up his vote gap in the U.S., he’s also lacking support from across the pond. An open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy was sent to The Chilling Effect over the weekend and the lengthy letter deconstructs the science, consensus and hype over global warming to the GOP presidential wannabe. See the Full Monckton here….

Waiting to Exhale - Obama to Declare CO2 as Pollutant

In case you missed this story late last week, Bloomberg reports that plans are already underway for a President Obama to declare CO2 as a pollutant and allow the next EPA administration to wield the big stick of the Clean Air Act to regulate it.

Barack Obama will classify carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant that can be regulated should he win the presidential election on Nov. 4, opening the way for new rules on greenhouse gas emissions.

The Democratic senator from Illinois will tell the Environmental Protection Agency that it may use the 1990 Clean Air Act to set emissions limits on power plants and manufacturers, his energy adviser, Jason Grumet, said in an interview. President George W. Bush declined to curb CO2 emissions under the law even after the Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that the government may do so.

If elected, Obama would be the first president to group emissions blamed for global warming into a category of pollutants that includes lead and carbon monoxide. Obama’s rival in the presidential race, Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, has not said how he would treat CO2 under the act.

Obama “would initiate those rulemakings,” Grumet said in an Oct. 6 interview in Boston. “He’s not going to insert political judgments to interrupt the recommendations of the scientific efforts.”





	October 20, 2008 Energy and Environment: Around the Interwebs WSJ editorial: Obama’s Carbon Ultimatum; The coming offer you won’t be able to refuse…Environmental Capital Blog: Coal Storage: Clean Coal’s Next Big Hurdle…Watts Up With That?: Arctic Ice Now 31.3% Over Last Year, plus Scientists Counter Latest Arctic ‘Record’ Warmth Claims as ‘Pseudoscience’…Helpful Reminder From The New York Times: Both Candidates Believe in Global Warming Exclusive: Bestselling “Climate Confusion” author talks with Chilling Effect! New York Times best selling author Dr. Roy Spencer was in the nation’s capital last week to talk about his book Climate Confusion. Spencer spared a few minutes out of his schedule to talk with The Chilling Effect about the book and the current state of the debate…Check it out! Also be sure to check out his latest post: “Global Warming as a Natural Response to Cloud Changes Associated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO).” From Monckton to McCain, With Love… While McCain still struggles to make up his vote gap in the U.S., he’s also lacking support from across the pond. An open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy was sent to The Chilling Effect over the weekend and the lengthy letter deconstructs the science, consensus and hype over global warming to the GOP presidential wannabe. See the Full Monckton here…. Waiting to Exhale - Obama to Declare CO2 as Pollutant In case you missed this story late last week, Bloomberg reports that plans are already underway for a President Obama to declare CO2 as a pollutant and allow the next EPA administration to wield the big stick of the Clean Air Act to regulate it. Barack Obama will classify carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant that can be regulated should he win the presidential election on Nov. 4, opening the way for new rules on greenhouse gas emissions. The Democratic senator from Illinois will tell the Environmental Protection Agency that it may use the 1990 Clean Air Act to set emissions limits on power plants and manufacturers, his energy adviser, Jason Grumet, said in an interview. President George W. Bush declined to curb CO2 emissions under the law even after the Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that the government may do so. If elected, Obama would be the first president to group emissions blamed for global warming into a category of pollutants that includes lead and carbon monoxide. Obama’s rival in the presidential race, Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, has not said how he would treat CO2 under the act. Obama “would initiate those rulemakings,” Grumet said in an Oct. 6 interview in Boston. “He’s not going to insert political judgments to interrupt the recommendations of the scientific efforts.”