Hugh Hewitt : Congressman Kirk and GOP - Townhall.com

Whether Kirk remains in the race or not, the message from the episode is clear: The GOP base will not quickly support any candidate who supports the massive tax hikes required by the Obama-Pelosi-Waxman bill. There is widespread agreement that concern over climate change cannot justify a crippling of the American economy or confiscatory taxes on all energy use. Rhetoric about the environment, in other words, cannot substitute for a party-defining commitment to limited government and lower taxes. Republicans who bolt on this issue will not be easily forgiven and their decision not quickly forgotten. This isn't a "big tent" issue in other words. The Obama-Pelosi-Waxman bill is not a "free vote" because it is so awful in ints impact and implications.

Twitter / Mikey

RT @jacko2323: Sitting on the beach freezing my ass off on July 11th. I wish Al Gore would hurry up with the global warming.

Twitter / The Climate Project

you can feel the buzz of the room every time Al Gore is mentioned, kind of like kids before Christmas #tcpaps

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Gupta: Do we all believe that every individual on the planet has equal right to the atmospheric carbon space? #tcpaps

Carbon Friendly Listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange - Carbon Offsets Daily

Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc. (CFS) is a project proponent that provides solutions for companies, organizations and individuals looking to reduce or offset their global warming impact caused by greenhouse gas emissions while including the generation of carbon credits for sale in the global Voluntary and Compliance markets.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » If You Like Putting Sterilants in Our Water and Forcing “Undesirables” to Have Abortions, Have We Got a Science Czar for You

Zombietime, dependable chronicler of leftwing folly, has a real doozy for us this time. It turns out that John Holdren, Obama’s new “science czar,” has expressed some unusually radical ideas about stemming population growth. Or to put it more simply, he’s a totalitarian eugenicist

How We're Cutting the Ground from Under Our Feet - Admittedly, most of us know that's dangerous - Softpedia

I've always found it amazing how people who are so indoctrinated with a certain belief system can go past all the concrete evidence they are shown, and still believe in their own, completely-off idea. A basic representation is your average global warming critic. And I'm not talking here about the scientists whose researches give results differing from the accepted view, but about the average people who think that they know the way climate change science is done.
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... Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but hanging on to it in front of overwhelming evidence is not good science, but cheap propaganda.

[Anti-spam software seller McAfee subtly suggests that if you buy their software, your grandchildren won't roast in CO2-induced hellfire]  - CNN.com

CNN) -- Twenty milligrams; that's the average amount of carbon emissions generated from the time it took you to read the first two words of this article.

Now, depending on how quickly you read, around 80, perhaps even 100 milligrams of C02 have been released. And in the several minutes it will take you to get to the end of this story, the number of milligrams of greenhouse gas emitted could be several thousand, if not more.
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Anti-virus software firm McAfee reports that the electricity needed just to transmit the trillions of spam emails sent annually equals the amount required to power over two million homes in the United States while producing the same level of greenhouse gas emissions as more than three million cars.

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Sanjay Khanna: From Climate Science to Climate Justice: Climate Change a Symptom of Man's Inhumanity to Man

Given the predicted impacts of climate change, [Mary] Robinson said, "More justice is needed, not more wealth."

"The values of human rights and dignity are important to move forward," she said. "We need a broader view of human rights that re-frames the issue with the notion of climate justice."
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In Africa, for example, climate change is having early impacts around the right to food. "Farmers in Rwanda don't know when to sow now," said Robinson.

Copenhagen Climate Change Conference: Anticipating and Avoiding Demoblisation | Earth First! Action Reports

The Australian grassroots climate movement, like its counterparts in other parts of the world, risks a period of serious and substantial de-mobilisation of energy, resources, momentum and strategic direction following the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December 2009.

Strike for Climate Justice! December 11th 2009 | Earth First! Action Reports

On December 11th in response to the international climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, we ask that everyone concerned with global warming and climate change to join us in an International General Strike demanding Climate Action. Our work stoppage can have a global impact. Together, in a show of solidarity and unity, we can demonstrate to world leaders that the global consensus is for action to stop climate change. They can not ignore our voices when we strike.

For one day we will shut the system down and demand that our governments work together to act in our best interests. On December 11th Strike for Climate Justice, Demand Action!

Protest against climate change denier Nigel Lawson on Friday! | Earth First! Action Reports

Here is the text of a leaflet to be handed out at the venue, St John's Chapel, St John's Road. Meet there at 5.30pm (talk starts 6pm).

CLIMATE change is today pretty much universally recognised to be very real and to be very dangerous.
There are still a few organisations that are holding out against this inconvenient truth in different ways. ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, is continuing to fund researchers who cast doubt on global warming, despite public promises to cut support for climate-change sceptics, reported The Daily Telegraph on July 2.
The British police also continue to treat demanding action on climate change as a crime, brutally attacking protesters whenever they get the chance, such as at Kingsnorth power station last summer and the City of London in April this year.
Lining up beside these forces is Nigel Lawson, invited by Chichester Festivities to put across the views expressed in his book An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming.

[UK: Gardeners don't seem very excited by global warming fraud] | My Global Garden

The weather was the topic of conversation at Hampton Court yesterday - especially in the Garden Energy area presented jointly by the RHS and the Met Office and designed by Sarah Eberle, eight times medal-winning garden designer .This enormous display of gardens, alternative energies , grow your own and very detailed information boards fitted in perfectly with what Global Gardening is all about ie to highlight awareness of the impact of climate change on our gardens.

There was a huge amount of information presented but sadly it did not seem to be very busy - maybe visitors to the Show had other agendas like buying some of the beautiful plants or garden items from the many stalls dotted around ….or maybe even a water feature!

EU must lead the world on climate change - Telegraph

Martin Luther King would never have made the impact he did if he started his famous speech with the words: "I have a nightmare". It is hard to enthuse people about the need to combat climate change through fear.

China On Carbon Tariffs: Drop Dead - Carbon Offsets Daily

It didn’t take long. On July 5, just nine days after the House passed the cap and trade bill (also known as Waxman-Markey) Chinese officials made it clear they are opposed to any carbon taxation scheme. Yao Jian, the spokesman for China’s Commerce Ministry, said the bill violates basic principles of the World Trade Organization and said that the ruse of environmental protection was being used to protect trade and that it could induce a trade war.

“China considers that the carbon emission tax not only violates the basic principle of WTO, it also violates the principles of the Kyoto Protocol about different responsibility between developing and developed countries.” Yao said.

Equity fund managers ‘complacent’ on carbon emissions - Carbon Offsets Daily

London, 9 July: Climate change has little influence on the investment decisions made by equity fund managers, according to a report which revealed a seven-fold difference in the carbon footprints of UK-based equity funds.

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RT @RollinsWallace: Undeserving of votes: Any politician supporting the global warming hoax. Either he/she is stupid, criminal or uses fatally flawed judgment

"Obama science czar Holdren called for forced abortions"

Comprehensive Planetary Regime could control development, distribution of all natural resources'
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The man President Obama has chosen to be his science czar once advocated a shocking approach to the "population crisis" feared by scientists at the time: namely, compulsory abortions in the U.S. and a "Planetary Regime" with the power to enforce human reproduction restrictions.

"There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated," wrote Obama appointee John Holdren, as reported by FrontPage Magazine. "It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society."

Feuding climate camps seek Gore blessing

WHEN climate change guru Al Gore arrives in Melbourne today, he will find a conservation movement in vitriolic disagreement with itself.

A split has developed between the country's pre-eminent environmental organisation, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), and a bloc of other green lobbyists over the foundation's public support for the Rudd Government's carbon trading scheme.

Both sides will be looking to Mr Gore for any sign that he endorses their position.

The Hill Mobile - Climate bill takes hit in Senate from China

The refusal of China and other emerging economic powers to agree to emissions limits this week will make it tougher for key Senate Democrats to support a global warming bill.

Both Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) say they are skeptical of the climate change bill that passed the House last month. The legislation has an uncertain future in the Senate, and Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) announced on Thursday that she is delaying the bill until after the August recess.

Brown, Lincoln and other Democrats say the reluctance of China and India to agree to emission restrictions clearly complicates the party’s effort to pass the bill, given the likelihood that Republicans will lock down against it. Brown said it will naturally be difficult to persuade the public to support a bill that could increase costs for businesses if there’s a fear competition in China will gain an advantage.

[Best person for the job?] - Obama Hawaii campaign director "wins" appointment

HONOLULU (AP) — Andy Winer, who directed Barack Obama's presidential campaign in Hawaii last year, will soon leave the islands to take an administration post.

Winer says he has accepted an offer to become director of external affairs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

In that role, he says he will develop communication and political strategies for the agency with business groups, environmental groups, state and local governments, and Indian tribes.

He will tackle a range of issues, including climate change, fisheries management and ocean ecology.

Climate change: The sun and the oceans do not lie - Telegraph

We still have a long way to go before that Copenhagen treaty is agreed in December, and with China, India and 128 other countries still demanding trillions of dollars as the price of their co-operation, the prospect of anything but a hopelessly fudged agreement looks slim. But even a compromise could inflict devastating damage on our own economic future – all for a theory now shot so full of holes that its supporters are having to suppress free speech to defend it.

American Thinker Blog: Obama's Wrapping Paper

Perhaps by accident, but more likely by design, President Obama may have very well found the new cover he can apply to the statist ambitions he has for America: "Saving the Planet." If Obama is somehow able to get his much desired Cap and Trade legislation, already passed by the House, through Senate, it would open the door for all sorts of new laws and regulations that would seriously compromise the way of life that American have been accustomed to.

News Now Network » Where The Hell Is Global Warming When You Need It In The North East Tourist States

Relentless rain and cool weather since early June have sent visitors scrambling home and washed away millions of tourism dollars across the Northeast...
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Even when the sun shone, a chilly breeze left beachgoers with goose bumps.

“That wind is cold. I can’t believe there are people on the beach,” Melinda Ross, of Knoxville, Tenn., said as the temperature nudged 70 degrees Thursday.
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Under sunny skies, Friday marked only the seventh day in two weeks that Aquabaggon, a water park in Saco, was able to open this summer.

“That’s depressing,” said Lynn Hurst, general manager. “This park has been open for 30 years, and we’ve never had a start like this before.”

In addition to being rainy, the summer could rank among the coolest in the Northeast, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.

Record Cold in Regina, Estevan

For people camping at Craven, or elsewhere, it was a chilly start to the weekend in parts of southern Saskatchewan.

Environment Canada meteorologist Jean Theriault (TERR-ee-oh) says Regina broke the record cold temperature for July 11.

"3.1 recorded this morning, the previous record was 3.9, an old one, recorded in 1917," Theriault said Saturday morning. Estevan also set a new record, but Theriault couldn't confirm if there were any otherse.

[On air conditioning web site: You must "upgrade" your air conditioning] if you love your planet | Air Options

People who are using cooling units like air conditioners or refrigerators that use R-22 as the refrigerant must replace their old cooling units with new ones that have environment friendly refrigerants.

Rally to save 625 wind farm jobs [by the way, also allegedly to save your grandchildren from burning in hellfire]

Jon Woods, chair of UNISON's Portsmouth branch which organised the rally, said: "The aim is to save the Vestas factory and to save over 600 jobs here on the island and in Southampton.

"It's absolutely criminal for the only manufacturer of wind turbines in the country to consider closing in the middle of an economic recession when unemployment is rising and jobs are going everywhere.

"If people are laid off here on the island they're really going to struggle to find any alternative work.

"It is also criminal - given we're facing major climate change catastrophe - to actually have the only wind turbine factory close.

Skeptic's Corner: Skeptics From Around the Globe-APS Letter

As physicists who are familiar with the science issues, and as current and past members of the American Physical Society, we the undersigned urge the Council to revise its current statement on climate change as follows, so as to more accurately represent the current state of the science:

Betraying the Planet - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com

The global climate models give answers that agree only that greenhouse gases lead to warming. They disagree about its magnitude, and about almost everything else. Most of them must be wrong (possibly all of them), but we don't know which ones. We should have enough common sense to be skeptical of scientists claiming that they have just made an important discovery. It is usually 90% self-promotion.

Twitter / Mike Szekely

I'm preaching tomorrow on "Our Future World" & I DO BELIEVE in "global warming" - 2 Pet 3:10-14

WWF's Dr. Neil Hamilton on Global Warming in the Arctic - He is the Director of the International Arctic Program - Softpedia

[Q] What do you think prevents some people from acknowledging global warming is real?

I think the most common reason is that most people have very busy lives and simply are not exposed to the real facts about what is happening. It’s much easier to pretend it’s not happening when you can’t see, on very short time scales, the actual impacts. Coupled with this psychological reality is the fact that society ‘is now’ rather than in the future. The inertia in the Earth System means that behavior today will have significant impacts tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, rather than being immediate.

The most serious impacts of climate change today are not seen by most people in the western world as few venture into the developing world, or the poles, where most of the action is. This, coupled with the fact that is is rarely possible to directly link climate change to a specific event in a specific place, all helps to seed doubt into many minds.

The final ingredient in this story is a tiny minority of people and organizations who deliberately provide disinformation and set out to confuse people, for their own ends. The coal and oil industries among others have repeatedly demonstrated their credentials in this area. The result is that normal intelligent people are confused, and rather than take on what seems to be a daunting challenge, will tend to walk away from the question.
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...the ice is melting so fast that we are close to losing all of it in the summer.

John Holdren, Obama’s science czar, advocated totalitarian measures to address overpopulation | Les Jones

Via Ace of Spades, Zombietime has unearthed a book of environmental extremism written by Obama’s science czar, John Holdren, and co-authors Paul and Anne Ehrlich. The book, Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment, advocates extreme measures such as forced abortions and forced sterilization to combat the threat the authors foresee from overpopulation.

All quotes directly from the book (and Zombietime has photographs of these passages if you have any doubts)...

Global Chemical Industry announces findings

Greenhouse gas emissions savings enabled by chemical industry are more than
double industry emissions, with abatement potential of more than ‘4 to 1’ by 2030

Transcript: Obama Speech in Ghana (11 July) | Enduring America

No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves, or police can be bought off by drug traffickers. No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top, or the head of the port authority is corrupt. No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. That is not democracy, that is tyranny, and now is the time for it to end.
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In Ghana, for instance, oil brings great opportunities, and you have been responsible in preparing for new revenue. But as so many Ghanaians know, oil cannot simply become the new cocoa...
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One area that holds out both undeniable peril and extraordinary promise is energy. Africa gives off less greenhouse gas than any other part of the world, but it is the most threatened by climate change. A warming planet will spread disease, shrink water resources and deplete crops, creating conditions that produce more famine and conflict. All of us – particularly the developed world – have a responsibility to slow these trends – through mitigation, and by changing the way that we use energy. But we can also work with Africans to turn this crisis into opportunity.

Together, we can partner on behalf of our planet and prosperity and help countries increase access to power while skipping the dirtier phase of development. Across Africa, there is bountiful wind and solar power; geothermal energy and bio-fuels. From the Rift Valley to the North African deserts; from the Western coast to South Africa’s crops – Africa’s boundless natural gifts can generate its own power, while exporting profitable, clean energy abroad.

Sea Ice At Lowest Level In 800 Years « Climate Audit

I'm sure that there is an excellent reason for not including 12th century data.

Cooler weather bringing the “luck of the Irish” to the USA « Watts Up With That?

While we don’t have to worry about starvation like the Irish due to lack of crop diversity, it is interesting that we are seeing the same mold that caused the Irish Potato Famine widespread in the USA now. – Anthony

Tom Pyle » TCE Exclusive Interview: Watch Out For Politically Correct Energy

3) What do you think is the biggest misperception by Americans about energy policy, costs, etc?

The biggest misconception about energy policy is that it is possible to obtain the same reliable and efficient energy we enjoy today from politically correct sources of energy, like wind and solar. Unfortunately, these energy sources are completely reliant on government subsidies to exist.

The Blackboard » HadSST: Highest values since 1998

El Niño conditions are in and it looks like the HadSST's temperature anomalies may finally break their all time high temperature anomalies. The June anomaly of 0.50 C is a big jump up from 0.355C for May

The Climate Change Strongmen Need to Get with the Program at Backcountry.com: The Goat

Climate change is bad. We need to fix it. Can we please stop dressing up like clowns now that climate change is finally getting some real attention? You’re making us look like batty leftwing nuts who run around in muscle suits, and frankly, it undermines the seriousness of the problem. Washington is working on a climate change bill. The need for these attention grabbing antics is over. In fact, it only reinforces the idea in climate-change opponents’ heads that people who advocate for legislation against global warming are a bunch of idiots. Why don’t you put on some nice clothes and head to the offices of your reps and see if they’ll take you seriously?

Hip Shot: ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’ - Fringe & Purge - Washington City Paper

They say: “Lock five playwrights in oversized compost bins, and demand plays about the expanding ‘green’ movement. What do you get? Mountains of compost, five smelly playwrights, and a Fringe Festival entry. Come explore the sad truth: It’s Not Easy Being Green.”
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Skip it if: You don’t enjoy surprise sales pitches, no matter if the outdoorsman-turned-eco building materials expert whips out a blow torch and melts metal in his bare, outstretched hand. (Be forewarned: At the end of each show, Journeymen invite an eco ‘expert’ for a 10-minute lecture on how you can do your part to save the planet. Last night, Keith Ware from Eco-Green Living tried to sell us ceramic insulation, and roofing as thin as a dime!)

Nothing less than the stars: [Ban Ki-Moon barely mentions climate fraud]

We must also “seal the deal” on a new climate change regime in Copenhagen in December.

Ice core probed for climate clues | Stuff.co.nz

"It feels like mission accomplished on one level," said New Zealand Ice Core Programme manager Julian Thomson, of GNS Science. "Finally we've got some stable, cold ice from the Southern Alps, something lots of people have wanted."

The 35-metre core, retrieved from the icecap of Mount Hutton on June 27, was minus 3 degrees very cold compared to other cores taken.

Eleanor Clift: Obama's LBJ Moment

White House officials say with some pride that Obama doesn't draw lines in the sand. Maybe he should. If political capital is measured by popularity, Obama still has plenty. What he doesn't seem to have is a willingness to spend it. With health-care reform working its way through Congress and climate-change legislation within reach for the first time ever, it's time for Obama to get in touch with his inner LBJ, but so far the signs don't look good.

£120 Green FUEL Tax- “Wind Turbines” When Denmark Proves They Are No Use…NWO Coffers!! « Centurean2’s Weblog

The Government says the shift away from fossil fuels towards wind, nuclear, tidal, solar and biomass power is essential to prevent dangerous climate change.

[How many people will die from] "Greening" the NHS

Built recently, Great Ormond Street Hospital, possesses state of the art technology and equipment with many specialised departments to serve the needs of the county. But in spite of it being a new build with the modernity that comes with new builds, it isn’t fitted with energy saving devices such as solar panels and it doesn’t even appear to have an environmental policy.

On a national level, procurement is a major contributor to the NHS waste/carbon footprint, but it’s not just procurement that needs an eco-overhaul. On the ground that;

* Lights are left switched on day and night
* Computer terminals are often kept on 24/7
* Office equipment is kept on standby overnight, every nig
* Indiscriminate requesting of blood tests occurs daily.
* The food wastage as many untouched meals regularly go back to the kitchens simply to be thrown away.
* Miss use of yellow bags, black or clear bags bins. Different cost of disposal for each type of bag.

I can hear you arguing that over-stretched nurses are too busy saving lives etc to be worrying about climate change but it’s simply a matter of reconditioning - habit-forming changes in behaviour.

Wonk Room » Senate GOP Plan To "Fearmonger" About Cost Of Clean Energy For Food

The Senate Republican report will use Department of Agriculture models to calculate “increased costs to farmers” and the “potential cost increases for items like a loaf of bread.”

Jennifer Marohasy » Explaining the Protest against Al Gore: Leon Ashby

The protesters conclude AL GORE IS WRONG, Climate Change is natural – not man made.

We believe the evidence is overwhelming and the world deserves a proper debate before we reverse our economies and standards of living and starve millions of third world people all for no climatic benefit.

Blueberry crop delayed by cool weather - Muskegon News

WEST MICHIGAN -- West Michigan blueberry lovers may be yearning to pick the delectable fruit, but the cold winter and cool spring temperatures have bumped the normal picking period back a bit for some farms and made it nearly impossible at others.

This is the week that farmers usually open up their fields to customers for blueberry gathering, termed "U-pick." However, the cold weather may keep the berry enthusiasts at home a little longer than usual.

Most farmers managed to elude crop damage this winter, but a few farms in southwestern Michigan experienced major crop loss. One farmer in Paw Paw reported that he lost 70 percent of his early crop and half of his entire crop due to sub-zero January temperatures.

Rothschild puppet calls for global carbon regulation « LewRockwell.com Blog

As we One World Government “conspiracy” theorists have been saying all along, “global” crises (e.g., environmental, terrorist, monetary) require “global” (i.e., One World Government) solutions.

Q & A with Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum

Chris pointed out here that climate change denier extraordinaire Marc Morano may be dead wrong, but he's articulate, well funded, and there's no one on the science side that competes with him. What specifically can be done to change that?

It’s simple: Things won't change until the world of science invests in creating counter-Moranos. There are many talented and extremely young intelligent people in science today who could fill that role, but there is little training available for them, and even less of a career trajectory for them to get there.

Generally, young scientists have been exposed to a very traditional academic menu of courses, when instead it would behoove us to offer more interdisciplinary and media skills to those who are asking for it. And that's not just to create counter-Moranos; it's fundamentally necessary to address an imbalance in the academic pipeline today.
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Indeed, what's available on “science” blogs also includes awful misrepresentations and distortions of the truth, which have fueled the modern anti-vaccination movement, anti-evolutionists, and most notably, climate change denialism. In fact, the latest Internet poll to determine the "Best Science Blog" awarded one such site the award based on public vote.

Best Science Blog - The 2008 Weblog Awards

Watt's Up with That

Independent Climate Skeptics - Well, Maybe not... | Gather

There really are only a handful of climate skeptic scientists. Some, Lord Monckton for example, have no real science background at all (the closest Monckton gets to science training is he is a certified Day Skipper for his yacht).

Snowstorm forces change in PCT plan, but hiker treks on | Bend Oregon

This report is based on a phone conversation July 6.

Bend resident JJ Briggs is resting up in Tahoe City, Calif., having a fun time with her family, floating the river and resting her feet. She is enjoying this time away from the trail so much, in part, because of the grueling and difficult month she spent on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Her troubles can be summed up in one word: snow.
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From what she’s heard, it is unusual for the mountains to get so much new snow in June. But she knows that every year offers its challenges.

2009: Iowa sweet corn late again

Hotz, 69, said he planted as early as possible this spring, but his crop needs warmer weather to emerge and grow. He predicted the first ears would be ready to sell by Wednesday’s farmers market in Iowa City.

2008: Lack of global warming a factor: No Iowa sweet corn on 4th

"I didn't think it would be this bad, but this will be the first time in years we won't have our own sweet corn for the Fourth of July," said Boone sweet corn grower Wilbur Scott.

Schoolchildren take up 'lifestyle' challenge to go green for the planet | This is Exeter

At Woodbury Salterton Primary School, children and parents made their green pledges on paper footprints, then created a giant footprint display in the playground. Several children and staff also wore green socks and nail varnish on the day.

Quote roundup: UN IPCC Scientist Says Global Warming Big Deception | Energy & Environment

Look at the below data, follow the links, learn the truth and stop being a "useful idiot" for those who want nothing more than total control and all the money!

Benny Peiser: G8 stalemate shows it’s time for climate cool-down - FP Comment

It seems reasonable to conclude that the diplomatic impasse cannot be overcome in Copenhagen or, indeed, anytime soon. What is needed in these circumstances is a calm deceleration strategy that would cool future climate negotiations and take the wind out of the sails of green campaigners. Such a deliberate slow-down could help to lower the political temperature and turn negotiations into routine events, thereby shedding much of their media hype and agitation. In the run-up to Copenhagen, it will be crucial for governments around the world to come up with fresh approaches and ideas that can lower expectations and manage to direct the permanent stalemate for many years to come.

Tories may sacrifice Africa to fund climate change fight - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

A Tory Government could cut Britain's £9bn-a-year overseas aid budget by diverting up to £2bn of it to tackling climate change, aid agencies warned today.

Energy Tribune - Copenhagen’s Neverland

The world’s war on carbon emissions isn’t going well. In just six months, the UN sponsored Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change will seek to launch a worldwide anti-carbon strategy with teeth. Billed by alarmists as “the last chance to save our planet,” all the signs are that Michael Jackson has a better chance of recording new material than Copenhagen has of delivering a meaningful international accord.

No doubt sensing the political train crash looming in Copenhagen – and the PR point-scoring on offer to anyone able to avert it – the bureaucratic rhetoric has ratcheted up in recent weeks.

Australian Climate Madness: Yoof climate conference in Sydney - it's all about "social change"

"The Kids" are the new climate warriors. Funny how when a sceptic with serious credentials publishes a book, the alarmists are all over it like a rash. But when a bunch of kids and pollies get together to whine about climate, nobody bats an eyelid, before we even start on the whole indoctrination aspect of this. And the Fairytale-facts media goes into full slaver mode

Another Reason Royalty Should Not InBreed · Snapped Shot

I.. I... I'm speechless. This man whose own fortune is based on the ability of his minions to attain wealth now says that capitalism is ruining the world and the environment. He also blames consumerism for this world's economic and environmental failures.

Regular Guy Rant:  Watch the Clintons | Say Anything: North Dakota's Most Popular Political Blog

Clue number one will be a total bottoming out of Obama’s approval ratings. MSNBC and CNN will keep reporting that he is popular, but the reality will be that America will finally say enough is enough. Stimulus I, Stimulus II, Global Warming taxes, Universal Health Care, shaking hands with dictators, and undermining Israel among other things have been and will sink Obama to lows never before seen.

Common Sense Political Thought » Blog Archive » Proposal: Global Warming Should Be An Official Religion

Global Warming should be declared an Official Religion. (It probably is in the minds of many) Global Warming has all the trappings of any major religion. It has its tenants, thou shalt not own anything emitting Carbon; it has its sins, thou shalt not exceed thy Carbon Footprint; It has its indulgences, thou shalt pay for Carbon Credits; it has its high priest and spiritual leader, ex-divinity school drop-out Algore. It has followers around the world. Its HQ is in the UN Building in NYC. Its Cardinals are the members of the IPCC.

WalesOnline - News - Wales News - Green champion opts for ‘eco’ baptism – in River Usk

TEENAGER Anna Surridge is so passionate about climate change she organised her own eco-baptism.
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“It was an amazing experience,” said Anna, who was baptised by her father John, a Minister and administrator for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Wales.

“The weather was fantastic, but the water was freezing.

“I was wearing a wetsuit, as was my dad who baptised me, but I most certainly could still feel the cold.”

Complete reversal by Rep. Peterson | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

Just when you hoped that he hadn’t completely lost touch with the Minnesotans who placed him in office, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., voted for the Waxman/Markey global warming tax.

A whole lot of cutting and pasting going on

Hall of Record: Sen. Stabenow On Energy and Climate Change

[The canned response] While I respect your views, I also recognize the growing scientific consensus about climate change.

"I also recognize the growing scientific consensus about climate change" - Google Search [I get 26 hits]

While I respect your views, I also recognize the growing scientific consensus about climate change.

"growing scientific consensus" response climate - Google Search [I get 107,000 hits]

Arctic Could Teem With Life by 2030 Due to Global Warming

n a new study, scientists have said that as global warming removes the Arctic's icy lid, the region is expected to teem with life by the year 2030.

Boxer faces 'challenge of a lifetime' on climate change [hoax] bill - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON — If the Senate doesn't pass a bill to cut global warming, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer says, there will be dire results: droughts, floods, fires, loss of species, damage to agriculture, worsening air pollution and more.

She says there's a huge upside, however, if the Senate does act: millions of clean-energy jobs, reduced reliance on foreign oil and less pollution for the nation's children.

I Hate Al Gore » The truth about Obama’s G8 global warming pact: It’s non-binding, India and China won’t sign it, Russia ignores it

This week, the global warming circus raised its tent at the G8 meetings in L’Aquila, Italy. According to the media, the world’s wisest leaders have saved the world by signing a new global warming pact.

Luckily, ABC News’ Jake Tapper cut through the crap and revealed a side of the story that’s absent from most reports and buried in others

Sanity Check « the Air Vent

Since we’re considering trashing our global economy for a potential couple degree’s C of warming, here’s an interesting graphic. It assumes humans have added 30% of the 380 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere (from 280-380ppm). How much is that? Find the red dot at the tip of the arrow.

The Blackboard » Green tomato haiku

I always grow a few tomato plants. I even grew some during the cold '70s. I don't think I've ever waited past the Fourth of July to pluck my first bright red fruit.

Mark Kirk Denies Report He's Out Of Senate Race, Deciding Over Weekend

A potential sticking point for Kirk, Cilliza reported, is his vote for the administration's climate change bill and a potential primary with state GOP chairman Andy McKenna

Don't tax us over shaky science | www.azstarnet.com ®

...I am concerned about our country's response to global warming/climate change. There is a dangerous "group think" that can decimate our fragile economy by persuading citizens to support big tax hikes on energy.

Avaaz Action Factory helps Senators pump it up and make a STRONG climate bill « It’s Getting Hot In Here

As part of the Campus Progress lobby day, the Action Factory stepped up to organize a mass-action involving over 60 people in a guerilla aerial photo. Co-organizing with Energy Action Coalition and Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a team of letter captains, 50 volunteers walked into the Senate Hart office building and formed a ‘flash-mob’ spelling out STRONG in front of the baffled police. (See above photo)

This rapid-response call for a STRONG bill was followed by a group of 30 in strongmen outfits, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger shirts and Powershift09 shirts to visit the offices of primary targets in the fight for a strong climate bill: Senators Levin (D-MI), Snow (R-ME) and McCaskill (D-MO).

Alarmist Emily Gertz: Fatalistic Friday: Americans still "confused" about global warming

A recipe for climate disruption:

* Take the American public

* Add 10-plus years of slick global warming disinformation campaigns aimed at both pubilc and journalists

* Season with gaps in science education

Stir vigorously to blend.

The result: A populace that -- at the same time it's burning enormous quantities of oil and coal, which produces most of the excess heat-trapping greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere -- remains uncertain, doubtful, and sometimes significantly misinformed when it comes to both the science and the reality of global warming.

Rudd should take ego pill | Herald Sun

KEVIN Rudd should take an ``ego pill'' when it comes to global climate change negotiations, Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce says.

The major world powers do not care what Mr Rudd thinks about tackling climate change, he says.

``Mr Rudd has got to stop fooling himself that he is a mover and shaker on ... world environmental politics,'' Senator Joyce told Sky News today.

John Brignell: Global Warming as Religion and not Science

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
Blaise Pascal

Senate won’t bow to global warming propagandists, hopefully

Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, for example, claimed that “this bill is going to be good for the economy." She’s so confident, in fact, that she’s calling the Senate version of Waxman-Markey the “Climate Security Jobs Act.” David Foster, the executive director of the labor-environmental (anti-capitalist) group Blue-Green Alliance, echoed this cartoonish sentiment claiming that “[t]he legislation would create new jobs […] by pushing improvements in the electricity grid and expansion of renewable energy and more efficient buildings." He added that he's "very concerned that the Senate isn't getting this.”

Perhaps the reason the Senate isn’t “getting this” is because job creation doesn’t say anything about the merits of a cap and trade system. Creating jobs is only beneficial if those jobs produce goods and services that consumers want. Since it’s politicians clamoring for “green” energy and not consumers, the net economic benefit of this charade will be zero.

The Journal Record - Article

What began with relatively clear positions, the environmentalists on one side and the fossil fuel industries on the other, has evolved into a complex array of players.

Climate Change - Official COP15 site - Hot summer for G8 ministers of finance

As the major economies meet again in Pittsburgh this September, their finance ministers will need to come up with plans to fund climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Sydney Morning Herald: 'Sceptics to hassle Al Gore' | GORE LIED

Mr Ashby, a former dairy farmer, said between 50 and 100 protesters were expected to carry placards with graphs showing the world is getting colder.

The Climate Sceptics Party produced the t-shirt featured earlier.

Rudd privately admits: climate deal a dud | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

An open mic, and a caught-out Kevin Rudd, have exposed the fantasy that the world is on the brink of a deal to slash the emissions we’re told are heating the world to hell.

Investors.com - Congress Needs A Read-The-Bill Bill

Honesty: Lawmakers voted on the stimulus and global warming bills without having read either. Eventually they'll vote on health care legislation that could fund unrelated items. Time to end this systemic fraud.

Down Under Dinosaur Burrow Discovery Provides Climate Change Clues

The Victoria fossils are about 110 million years old, around the time that Australia split with Antarctica, and dinosaurs roamed in prolonged polar darkness along forested southern Australia river plains. It was one of the last times the Earth experienced global warming, with an average temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit – about 10 degrees higher than today.

David Legates, Ph.D. :: New Climate Change Report:  More Scary Scenarios from Climate Extremists

Just before the House of Representatives voted on a massive climate bill, the government released a report on climate change. It reiterated the Oscar-winning theme from An Inconvenient Truth – impacts from human-induced climate change are already occurring and that they are going to get worse. Much worse.

But the report is so extreme that it would make Al Gore blush. The authors appear to have learned much from the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate – be extreme and loose with the facts. Oh, and that timing is everything, especially when it comes to congressional legislation.

The report is so extreme that I’m not sure where to start. Fortunately, Bradford Plumer, writing in the New Republic, has highlighted what he sees as its scariest scenarios. I’ll start there.

Warnings for Interior Hancock, Maine : Weather Underground

Portland has set a record cold high temperature four out of the
first eight days this month.

Harper/Gore/Pope: “(call for)…Global Governance”

This is sickening. Just listen to the world leaders calling for a global governance, and look around at each other. This is what you voted for. This is the change you voted for.

Gobal governance.

Is Al Gore the Re-incarnation of the Xhosa Prophetess Nongqawuse? — MasterResource

I don’t know much about global warming. But I do know something about the dangers of precipitous action, especially when its advocates appear to be caught up in something akin to religious fervor. My instincts run towards stop, take a deep breath, and be absolutely sure that you’re not about to put the world’s economy in a stranglehold just to please the people who despise modernity.

India eNews - India, China have to resist pressure on climate change: PM

India and China need to resist pressure from industrialised countries on the issue of climate change, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday.

The developed countries are by far the biggest polluters of the environment since the start of the Industrial Age. Now some of them are asking India, China and other emerging economies to commit themselves to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to curb climate change.

Both countries are unwilling, saying this would hamper their development.

'There is a lot of pressure on India and China on the issue of climate change. We have to resist it. I have put India's views on this before other countries (at the G8-G5 summit in Italy),' the prime minister said while returning from the G8-G5 summit in Italy.

The Battle of the Graphs Provides a Learning Opportunity. « American Elephants

Unfortunately for the hockey stick graph, people in Medieval times wrote about their fine weather and the things that they grew. The Vikings settled in Greenland and farmed. Now a new study has indicated that the rapid expansion of the Inca from the Cuzco area of highland Peru produced the largest empire in the new world between approximately AD 1400-1532, and led to the success of Machu Picchu.

The Arctic Ocean was once full of life « Robert Kyriakides’s Weblog

From Mr Kemp’s observations he has deduced that the Arctic was once rich in life of many varieties, because of the sheer numbers and distribution of the diatoms. It was once as rich in life as the Indian Ocean is today.

Don’t Tell Me You Thought Waxman-Markey Is About Reducing Our Dependence on Foreign Oil! « American Elephants

Former EU Environment Minister Margot Wallstrom said: “Kyoto is about the economy, about leveling the playing field for big businesses worldwide.” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper once dismissed the UN’s Kyoto Protocol as a “socialist scheme.”

“A climate change response must have at its heart a redistribution of wealth and resources,” said Emma Brindal, a climate justice campaigner coordinator for Friends of the Earth.

They keep telling us what they have in mind. We really should pay attention.

Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser - NYTimes.com

On the campaign trail, Mr. Obama used forceful and direct language on climate change, calling carbon emissions from human activity an “immediate threat” to the climate. His environmental critics say they miss that urgent tone.

“He was far too quiet during the House debate,” said Jessy Tolkan, the executive director of the Energy Action Coalition, a youth group in Washington that campaigns for clean energy. “He needs to live up to the promises he made to us when we poured our heart and soul into electing him.”

Southern agriculture leaders oppose proposed climate change [swindle] legislation

Commissioners and secretaries of agriculture representing 17 southern states and U.S. territories June 17 said the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture formally opposes H.R. 2453, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

"We cannot support this bill or any other environmental legislation without significant input from agriculture," said Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture and current SASDA President, Terry Peach. "The existing language was created with no consultation from any segment of agriculture and we see negative effects on our producers in terms of new regulations and costs with no financial benefits."

Heliogenic Climate Change: Ilulissat panic

The Ilulissat glacier ... has been receding for 300 years, as the planet recovers from the Little Ice Age, but the AGW crowd has apparently just discovered it

Mitchell Anderson | George Monbiot's Troll Problem (and Ours)

Are these real people? Or are they operatives in the employ of Big Oil’s PR campaign to confuse the public on climate science?
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So why wouldn’t the oil or coal industry hire trolls to undermine our work, or Monbiot’s? Clearly, they are already investing heavily in cyberspace.

Greenpeace scales Mt. Rushmore, Unveils Global Warming Banner Directed at President Obama | ParkHowell.com

CNN captured the stunt as it happened and interviewed park-goers to get their reaction. Judging by the anger, makes you wonder if Greenpeace’s ambitious bit of environmental marketing actually generated positive sentiment to their cause and global warming?

G8 puts off climate change action to 2050

"While Greenpeace has been demonstrating what real climate action looks like, G8 inaction has brought the world one step closer to catastrophic climate change. They are hiding their lack of leadership behind hollow words and empty gestures," said Julien Vincent, of Greenpeace Australia, from on top of the Brindisi coal plant chimney.

Free Frank Warner: As soon as U.S. president gets serious on global warming, Europe says it was kidding all along

It has to be sobering to discover the Europeans weren't angry with President Bush after all for failing to reverse the Senate's 1997 vote, 95-0, against the Kyoto accords. They were relieved to have a realist reining in on some of the more ridiculous responses to increasing CO2.

Alarmists Suffer for their Art - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

These folks can agree among themselves all they wish. The fact is that those millions of taxpayers who are the cash cows being milked to underwrite AAAS members' existence remain the relevant voices, no matter how tedious AAAS members might find them.

Gore: U.S. Climate Bill Will Help Bring About 'Global Governance'

Here

Debbie Schlussel on the movie "Bruno"

Cohen's "Bruno," desperately seeking to become famous decides to get his own charity. The absolute cluelessness of the celebrity charity consultants (who are identical twins and dress alike even in "adulthood") is typical. They stress that "global warming" is really in right now (shocker!) and that maybe he might be interested in this place in Africa--"duhfuh . . . daafaa . . . dafaar . . . what is it called? . . . you know that place?")

National Association of Black Journalists :: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Discuss Green Jobs at Black Journalists' Convention

In a special plenary session, "This Land is Our Land Too: Justice, Jobs, and Environmental Protection," on Friday, August 7, 2009 at the Tampa Convention Center, Ms. Jackson will address how much of nearly $30 billion of government investments in energy and environmental policy has trickled down to black communities.

"Lisa Jackson is a key member of the Obama team, and we expect to see her at the forefront of the changes that will be taking place in environmental and energy policy in coming years," said NABJ President Barbara Ciara. "This opportunity will give the nation's black journalists and convention attendees the opportunity to discuss the plans for change directly with one of its chief architects."

Jackson's convention appearance comes at a pivotal crossroads for the environmental movement and Congressional action to halt climate change. A cap-and-trade bill has passed the U.S. House of Representatives and skeptical environmentalists are worried that allowing market forces to determine which communities get polluted will leave the poorest most vulnerable.

Video: SAP's Peter Graf on the World Business Summit on Climate Change

...the mandate for attendees was for CEOs to:

discuss how their firms can help solve the climate crisis through innovative business models, new partnerships, and the development of low-carbon technologies

Super Eagle

Super Eagle tells the story of a young woman who has been endowed with eagle-like powers due to one of her father’s experiments. The two of them realize that they must keep her abilities secret, and use them to help others. During a visit to Central America, she learns of a plot to destroy much of the coastline, all in the name of profit, and to hasten Global Warming [note: it's more scary if you capitalize it]!

Senate Democrats push back deadline on bill linked to Barack Obama's climate change agenda | Environment | guardian.co.uk

• EPA head likens environment issue to space race
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Lisa Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, likened the decades ahead to the space race of the mid-20th century, saying America risked being left behind if it did not jump to develop clean energy technologies.

NOAA Head Jane Lubchenco Speaks Her "Mind" on Climate Change, Stopping Overfishing, More : TreeHugger

[Lubchenco] I think that what most members of the public are interested in is…will it affect me? Will it affect the things I care about? Can I do something about it? And I think the report that we released last week is very helpful in beginning to address the first parts of that — the information about, for example, different parts of the country experiencing increasingly heavy downpours, but recognizing that that plays out much differently from one region to another, ranging from an increase of 9 percent in extreme heavy downpour events in the Southwest to a whopping increase of 67 percent in the Northeast.
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Lubchenco went out to talk about what she describes as global warming's "equally evil twin", ocean acidification.

Dec '08: See Jane [Lubchenco]’s Big Carbon Footprint by David Freddoso on National Review Online

Before they boss us around, shouldn’t Obama’s science team act like they believe in global warming?

Retailers and the Indoor Summer Chill - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Last summer, New York’s city council unanimously passed a provision that would fine businesses that pump air-conditioning into the street via open shop doors. A warning is issued for the first offense. But businesses caught a second time will be fined $200; the third time costs $400.
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A fashion blog nominated the Armani Exchange in the Prudential Centre as Boston’s chilliest retail space. (My own vote goes to Toronto’s meat locker-like Starbucks, where I often take my laptop to work.)

2005: Starbucks Buys Wind Power to Reduce Climate Impact - Case Study (Energy Priorities)

Starbucks has a strong ethic of environmental and social responsibility. With its dependence on agricultural production, Starbucks is especially concerned about the effects of global warming.

Bottle Blues: [Since all higher-priority problems are evidently solved,] The House Tackles Bottled Water - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Bottled water sits somewhere near the incandescent bulb on the no-no list for folks pursuing a low-carbon, green lifestyle.
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At a hearing on Wednesday, a House subcommittee laid into bottled water producers and heard testimony from the Government Accountability Office, which just completed a report on the government’s regulation of the industry.

NASA's chief climate scientist: Obama's climate bill "less than worthless" (health care reform is unraveling too)

I don't claim to be an expert on global warming. But when NASA's top guy on the subject says that the current House bill, endorsed by the administration, is a joke, that's troubling.

‘Lean, Mean . . . and Green’ - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Detroit, Mich. — “This is a new GM that’s mean, lean . . . and green!” shouted Michigan’s Green governor Jennifer Granholm this morning as GM announced its emergence from Chapter 11 under government ownership. A close ally with the Obama administration, Granholm’s emphasis on “green” tells you exactly where the new owner’s priority lies.

Spectator recycles climate rubbish published by sceptic | George Monbiot | Environment | guardian.co.uk

What this story shows is that climate change denial is a matter of religious conviction. The quality of the evidence has nothing to do with it. It doesn't matter how comprehensively the sources have been discredited, or how ridiculous the claims are. People like Plimer and Delingpole will cling onto anything, however improbable, that allows them to maintain their view of the world.

Moonbat: Information from Answers.com

Moonbat is a term used in United States politics as a political epithet referring to liberals or leftists.
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One explanation for the current political use is that the term was derived from the name of liberal author George Monbiot.

CQ Politics | Boxer Crosses Aisle For Help on Climate Bill

But Boxer must assemble a broad coalition behind the sweeping climate change bill that forms the cornerstone of President Obama’s energy agenda and is one of her own top priorities. Privately, many Hill watchers are skeptical (and indeed sometimes dismissive) of Boxer’s capacity to summon the clout and support to pull a broad coalition together. But that initiative falls squarely under her jurisdiction as chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and so for the past two months, she has been doing what any Senate dealmaker does on the verge of a historic legislative push: methodically reaching out to all manner of potential allies — lawmakers, coal-staters, even Republicans.
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For Boxer, however, the run-up to the Senate climate change debate will mark the difference between publicly touting an environmentalist agenda, as she has for years, and ensuring that one comes to pass, with all the back-scratching and compromises that come with moving any major bill. Many Hill watchers are skeptical that Boxer, known more for being a voice of protest from the left than for actually moving legislation, can tone down her abrasive style and deploy some diplomatic skills as chairwoman to make it happen.
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She was particularly scathing in her attacks on James M. Inhofe , the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment panel, who has said global warming is a hoax. “The senator from Oklahoma reminds me of the people who kept saying, ‘No, the Earth is flat’ and ‘No, cigarettes don’t cause cancer,’ ” Boxer said.

CQ Politics | Notepad - Constituents 'Pretty Hostile' on Climate Change Vote

Some House Democrats who backed the climate change bill before the Independence Day recess got an earful when they headed home for the break.

"It was pretty hostile," said Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md. "They equate cap and trade with raising taxes."

Opinion polls and puzzling behavior at the White House

It has been said that the definition of insanity is to continue doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result each time. In this regard the White House is exhibiting some puzzling behavior. If 2 stimulus packages fail, propose a 3rd. If an army of scientists around the globe agree that humans have very little to do with climate change, and the public overwhelmingly opposes a dramatic increase in their energy costs and taxes, keep trying to pass 'cap and trade' anyway.
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Many of us joked that Obama's Presidency would be Jimmy Carter's second term. Increasingly, it would appear this is no joke.

The New GM: Chevy Volt Father Bob Lutz is Back - Environmental Capital - WSJ

It sounds as if GM is hoping that Mr. Lutz will be able to tap the same formidable skills he used to accelerate the development of the Volt to figure out how to sell a $40,000 vehicle to cash-strapped consumers still skittish about American cars.

Power Play: [Wishful thinking from] HSBC: "King Coal is dead in developed markets"  - WSJ

HSBC’s bottom line: Power-equipment makers that can find a new niche to thrive in—whether it’s gas, wind, or transmission—will fare better than those too reliant on out-of-favor energy sources, such as coal, who will be left suffering, like the Grand Armee, a long, cold march back home.

[Oct '07]: Barclays and HSBC: making the case for climate [hoax] action by big banks - ClimateChangeCorp.com

The opportunities for banks from climate change are huge, according to HSBC, one of the world’s biggest banks.

“We can finance a wholesale shift to a low carbon economy”, Jon Williams, head of sustainable development for the bank, told the summit. “Climate change can be tackled at minimal economic cost if we do it today”.

Carbon-Offset Offsets | THE D.C. WRITEUP

You’ve all heard of carbon offsets. You get to use as much energy as you want, then you pay someone in a third-world country to plant a few trees so you don’t have to feel guilty about it. Maybe if the Catholic Church had called its 16th Century products “sin offsets” instead of indulgences, they could have avoided the whole Reformation thing.
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Fortunately, the D.C. Writeup has a solution for anybody who’s annoyed at supposed-environmentalists who use offsets to purchase their way out of blatant hypocrisy. We call them Carbon-Offset Offsets.

What climate change looks like--Dengue Fever | [Pure alarmism from] UN Dispatch

Dengue fever is painful, unpleasant, and contagious. It used to be limited in its geographic area – a tropical disease. That is changing. We’ve seen a steady spread of dengue’s territory over the last 30 years, and dengue prevalence has increased by three thousand percent over the last fifty years.

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Don't miss it: Mark Steyn: The Ecopalypse, 96 Months Away? - The Philadelphia Bulletin

According to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, we only have 96 months left to save the planet.

I’m impressed. 96 months. Not 95. Not 97. July 2017. Put it in your diary. Usually the warm-mongers stick to the same old drone that we only have ten years left to save the planet. Nice round number.

Al Gore said we only have ten years left three-and-a-half years ago, which makes him technically more of a pessimist than the Prince of Wales. Al’s betting Armageddon kicks in January 2016 – unless he’s just peddling glib generalities. And, alas, even a prophet of the ecopalypse as precise as His Royal Highness is sometimes prone to this airy-fairy ten-year shtick: in April, Prince Charles predicted that the red squirrel would be extinct “within ten years”, which suggests that, while it may be curtains for man and all his wretched works come summer of 2017, the poor doomed red squirrel will have the best part of two years to frolic and gambol on a ruined landscape.

G8 leaders - 'arrogant' arbiters of global thermostat (OneNewsNow.com)

A leading skeptic of "manmade global warming" says Group of Eight leaders have embraced a new movement he calls "climate astrology."

President Obama and other Group of 8 leaders promised Wednesday they would keep temperatures from rising more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 Celsius) above average levels of more than a century ago. They also agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050.

Marc Morano, executive editor of ClimateDepot.com, says it is ridiculous for the G8 leaders to believe they have the power to turn up or down the earth's thermostat.

"This is the height of arrogance," he exclaims. "This is the madness of our age that world leaders, including our own president, can go up there with a straight face and act as though they can control the earth's thermostat -- act as though they control nature."

The Arena - Politico's daily debate with policymakers and opinion shapers | POLITICO.com

Dana Perino, Former White House Press Secretary:

Reading articles about climate change sometimes makes me want to bang my head against the wall. I often wonder if someone has poured amnesia inducing pills into the drinks of unsuspecting reporters.

We Know What You Are — Now We Are Haggling Over the Price | Coyote Blog

I predicted the climate bill would likely pass the House as Obama and Co. would happily pull out the checkbook to spend taxpayer money to bribe Representatives to pass his legislative agenda...

 L.A.’s “coal free” vow scuttles Utah power-plant expansion

Plans for a new coal-fired power plant in central Utah were canceled after the city of Los Angeles — the plant’s biggest power purchaser — signaled its intention to be “coal free” by 2020.

Tax credits old hat: Green power gets cash up front « Green Hell Blog

So-called “clean energy” projects no longer need to be operational and produce income to get taxpayer subsidies.

The Departments of Energy and Treasury announced yesterday that $3 billion worth of stimulus funds will be paid directly to clean energy developers in exchange for foregoing future tax credits, according to a report in Restructuring Today (July 10).

Harkin: House climate bill unfair to Midwest

(MCT) — [Dem.] Sen. Tom Harkin reaffirmed his support for climate change legislation Thursday, but said the Housepassed Clean Energy Act disproportionately hurt some Midwest states.

YouTube - Spongebob Squarepants In The Endless Summer

A 2 minute special about global warming. [screenshot below--click above to see the video]

YouTube - Learn2Discern - Global Warming Second Opinion

The Nongovernmental Panel on Climate Change report presents data challenging the claims that global warming is man-made and harmful. Tell Al Gore the debate is not over and learn2discern! Distributed by Tubemogul.

Newsmax.com - Inhofe: Cap-and-Trade DOA in Senate

"I'm counting votes over here and the most votes she'll be able to come up with are 34. Of course you need 60 in the Senate."

Inhofe said "great news" came out of a recent hearing at the Committee on Environment and Public Works

"We had Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. I [said to her], 'You know, there are a lot of people out there who really believe that manmade gases cause global warming. I don’t believe that, and science does not agree with that now. But if you do believe it, I have to ask you this question: What good would it do for us to unilaterally, in the United States, pass a cap-and-trade tax, which would be the largest tax increase in the history of our country, if we know that China and India and the great polluters around the world are not going to join in?'

I asked, "Is it going to reduce CO2 emissions if we alone in America pass a cap-and-trade bill?' She said no it would not.

"That is probably the major victory in the last 10 years that I've had in fighting this hoax that has been perpetrated on the America people."

Severe winter prompts rethink on gritting for school routes - Yorkshire Post

The authority is already counting the cost of the harsh winter of 2008-09, after having to spend an extra £485,000 above its budget on gritting .

Happiness a brute roaring on the grid | The Daily Telegraph

Our environmental impact is tiny, which is why eco-alarmists always resort to bizarre formulations involving our high "per capita" carbon footprint and so on.

As though the Earth cares exactly how many people are said to be harming it and how, rather than the overall harm itself.

[Another extremely dubious/misleading claim from] Nasa | Mail Online

Using NASA's ICESat spacecraft, scientists calculated that overall Arctic sea ice thinned about seven inches a year since 2004, for a total of 2.2 feet over four winters.

Chemical industry sells out America? « Green Hell Blog

American Chemistry Council head Cal Dooley has been tasked to appease the Senate climate gods by suggesting that the Waxman-Markey greenhouse gas emission reduction schedule be scaled back from 17% by 2020 to 14% by 2020, reports Carbon Control News (July 9). In return for that concession and more free emissions credits, the chemical industry is apparently willing to sell the rest of us down the river.

Study: Media and environmental doomsday – like peas and carrots « Watts Up With That?

In TV there’s been this saying forever: “if it bleeds it leads” referring to what story would be the lead story in the TV newscast. It stands to reason then that “environmental catastrophe” would get more airplay and print. This study confirms what I’ve known for a very long time – chaos sells newspapers and makes ratings. Except…now people are getting saturated. AGW has become the O.J. Simpson story of our time, it has worn out its welcome. – Anthony

Warming debate simmers as Obama poses in Europe | NewsOK.com

It gives a "ready, fire, aim” quality to the Italy summit and the Obama Team’s push to use taxes to force U.S. emissions reductions — best illustrated by the treatment of Environmental Protection Agency analyst Alan Carlin, who earlier this year wrote a report questioning the science underlying climate policy objectives. Carlin was told to be quiet and go away.

It’s a foolish and potentially dangerous approach. The science isn’t settled, and an emerging Senate majority is right to oppose cap and trade.

The administration better listen. Otherwise, it’s going to have a bigger problem than a bunch of kooks with a banner running rings around the rangers at Mount Rushmore.

The Coming Carbon Bubble: Beware the hidden dangers of a cap-and-trade system. | The Big Money

Beware the hidden dangers of a cap-and-trade system.
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Remember the nasty real estate meltdown? All those investors snapping up CDOs and CDSs and other acronyms nobody could really keep straight, but no one cared because we were all going to make a killing. And then the bottom dropped out of the market when somebody realized we had no idea what any of these exotic entities were actually worth but we started to worry that it might not be nearly as much as what we'd been told. So then the government had to come along and give the banks a ton of money and we're all OK now as long as you don't look at the national debt or foreclosure rate or a host of other, still-dismal numbers.

Well, it's good to see we've learned our lesson. We'll never get carried away like that again! Except that we might. If you thought the real estate mess was bad, fasten your seat belts and tuck all personal belongings inside the car because the carbon market is set to take off.

The [Alleged] Climate Ship Has [Allegedly] Sailed

Whether or not you believe the large and growing body of scientific evidence that humans are causing climate change, it has become a political and economic reality that every responsible person and organization must prepare for. Just ask big coal.

I have just returned from an international climate change solutions conference, held in Bismarck, ND no less.

Sea Ice - June 2009 « Climate Audit

June 2009 monthly sea ice data is now out for NH and SH...

The global sea ice anomaly in June 2009 remained positive. Over the 1979-2009 period, there is zero trend in global sea ice anomaly, with a SH increasing trend offsetting a NH decreasing trend. June 2009 NH anomaly was not remarkable.

Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr. Research Group News » What Is “Weather Noise”?...

Thus, while sampling issues are certainly relevant, the concept of “weather noise” itself is not particularly relevant to the use of the global average upper ocean heat content (or the global average sea level rise) to assess climate change.

A Rough Year for High Ethanol Blends - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Far fewer people have been refueling with high ethanol blends this year in parts of the Midwest.

In North Dakota, sales of E85 — gasoline blended with 85 percent ethanol — were down by more than 60 percent this year from January to May, compared with a year earlier, according to the state’s Department of Commerce.

Bottled Water Bans and Meat-Free Days - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Meanwhile, city workers in Ghent, a Flemish town northwest of Brussels, have opted to make Thursdays a “meatless day” and to eat vegetarian meals to improve health and reduce the impact of raising livestock on the environment, according to Ethical Vegetarian Alternative, a Belgian campaign group.

The initiative, announced in May, was backed by Tom Balthazar, a councilman for the city’s health and environmental committee, according to the E.V.A. From September, city-funded schools will offer a vegetarian menu on Thursdays by default, the group said.

“All 5,000 city personnel will receive a free veggie city street map and a free vegetarian cooking brochure for professionals will be sent to all 1,500 restaurants,” the group said. “There will be cooking classes for both professionals and individuals,” it said.

Climate change punted deeper into fall - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com

Senate Democrats have punted climate change deeper into the fall, a delay that underscores the steep climb the White House faces in convincing Congress — and the world — to dramatically slash greenhouse gas emissions.

The decision came Thursday, a day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met with White House energy adviser Carol Browner and six Senate committee chairmen and the group realized it would need additional time to finesse a deal that could pass the Senate.
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...while the White House has said it wants a climate bill this year, it has put a lot more political capital into health care legislation.
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"It would not have been my first choice to do climate change legislation this year," said Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.). "I thought climate change and immigration were two things that could be put off until next year."
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And Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a longtime supporter of climate legislation, harshly criticized the House climate bill on Thursday.

"Protectionist, outrageous, giveaway, bizarre — worst example of legislation I've seen in a long time," he said.

Durango Herald News, U.S. Rep John Salazar was right: Cap-and-trade bad for Colorado

Co-ops will have to purchase the remainder from a government-run auction or through the market, similar to a commodities exchange. The price of the allowances will be set by market conditions, with no cap to protect consumers if market prices for allowances increase beyond reason.

If having to play the market to keep the lights on won't be bad enough, other utilities will be on the other side of the trade - by virtue of receiving allowances based on their sales and well above their actual CO2 emissions. They stand to make millions of dollars. In fact, one eastern utility CEO recently told shareholders that his nuclear-fueled utility stands to make $1 billion dollars a year - some of which will come from Colorado's rural electric consumers.

Salazar was the state's lone Democrat to understand this wealth transfer isn't good for the Centennial State and its ratepayers.

Cap and Tax is Not a Prescription for Economic Health | Flathead Beacon

The cap and tax policy the House passed in late June amounts to amputating an economic limb to cure an environmental hangnail. While the benefit is negligible, the economic cost of this amputation is severe – and it hits Montanans particularly hard.


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In fact, far from addressing climate change, cap and tax acts more as an energy redistribution policy from producing states like Montana to energy using-states like California and Florida.

Health care providers swear to “above all else, do no harm,” and we should expect nothing less from those we’ve elected to oversee the health of our economy. Montana needs jobs, not social engineering from Washington, D.C. that puts the interests of San Franciscans over the livelihoods of Montanans. We need an all-of-the-above energy solution that drives the economy and that really does work for everyone.
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Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg, a Republican, is a member of the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee

Heritage’s Ben Lieberman Sets the Record Straight on Europe’s Cap and Trade Experience » The Foundry

As of late, when it comes to policymaking in Washington D.C., the trendy thing to do has been to point to Europe. Our Members of Congress are doing it with two of the largest reform policies currently on the table: health care and energy. With regards to energy, advocates of a cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions say if Europe can do it, so can we. But the reality is we’re lucky Europe’s gone through with a cap and trade program because it is a perfect example of what not to do.

The Global Warming Debate - KLFY TV 10 - Acadiana's Local News, Weather and Sports Leader |

As a forecaster I'll tell you this. Forecasting in the short-term is fairly accurate compared to forecasting long-term. So if these climate models are so far off already, there's really little chance of them being right further out. That's because there's much more driving the climate than carbon dioxide.

There are so many variables at work, known and unknown, that not a single person, or computer model, can predict the future climate for sure.

Just know this; climate change has occurred in the past, is occurring now, and will occur in the future. Trying to pinpoint that change on carbon emissions and human activities...is really a stretch.

David Paul [Via Skeptic's Corner]

Video: Cap-and-trade anti-doughnut, baker says « Green Hell Blog

This tax directly applies to us as well as every other food manufacturer. And so what it is going to do, long term, essentially says, “You haven’t cut back, so we’re going to continue to tax you and tax you more.” That’s a penalty. You know, quite frankly, the only way I can use less energy to bake a loaf of bread is to quit baking it.