* Sounds like heaven, right
… “Most of the talk about global warming remedies is just hype. Any serious action
would entail reducing immigration, energy taxes, stopping the construction of new houses, starting a
massive program to build ultra-low-energy apartment houses, stopping the production of
eight-cylinder engines, and ensuring that every car built in the world will be a
hybrid.”
* Robert Samuelson: The bias
against oil and gas
* … meanwhile
… “Fears Of Immigration’s Impact On The Environment Are Unfounded”
* Green jobs cause economic
blues
* Is it all just an image
problem? Livesience.com says “global warming prompts some people think of gay rights and
long-haired liberals, neither of which some of those people are fond of”
* Check out Watts Up With
That?’s latest quote of the week
* Australia delays carbon
trading
* Carbon trading could hurt
coal industry
* Can’t we all just
get along? Apparently some do on “black coal”
The head of the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee recognizes the economic pains of Waxman-Markey and doesn’t want to
sacrifice vulnerable House Dems to votes that are sure to result in higher energy bills and lost
jobs. According to The Politico, the tension came to a head last week as Waxman told
DCCC Chairman Van Hollen that he didn’t like the dissent bubbling up over his cap and trade
baby…not one bit.
“In the run-up to the meeting,
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) argued in several
newspaper interviews that the House should move cautiously on a cap-and-trade bill if it
doesn’t look like the Senate will approve it. Van Hollen doesn’t want vulnerable House
Democrats — especially the freshmen under his care — to be forced to take difficult
votes on the measure if it’s not going to pass anyway.
“But Energy and Commerce Committee
Chairman Henry Waxman, a 34-year veteran of the House who knocked off his longtime predecessor last
fall to push an ambitious climate change bill, took umbrage with Van Hollen’s public stance
during Thursday’s leadership meeting, people present said…
“…But most present saw
the flare-up between Waxman and Van Hollen as the inevitable result of tension that had been
building around the bill for months…”
With friends like these…
Read our recap on the proceedings from last
week’s event “The Roadmap to Climate Policy in the 111th Congress” to
get perspective of those trying to pass laws that will increase the cost of carbon...
Big breaking news from Climate Depot on a
page-1 correction from the NYT. You know what’s better than getting a correction from the NYT?
Getting them to not make mistakes about global warming and its skeptics in the fist place.
Al Gore faces some tough questions on his
financial conflict of interest:
At the cap-and-trade
hearings, it was revealed that not everyone will suffer from this growth-killing energy tax. A
congresswoman wanted to know why sea levels aren’t rising but Gore’s bank account
is.
Congrats to Rep. Marshal Blackburn, who asked
some much-needed questions of King Al.
Get the info from Tom Nelson (h/t: Climate
Depot)