Minnesota: Wild Mountain Is First To Open In Midwest - OnTheSnow

Wild Mountain has officially started the Heartland ski season with one of the earliest opens ever.

The Press Association: China in global warming cash call

China demanded richer countries set aside a fixed amount of their national income to help poorer nations fight global warming.

The country has long called on developed countries to shoulder what it says is their historic burden to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for a rise in global temperatures.

But the latest remarks by a senior Chinese climate official were the first to propose specific demands on rich countries.

"The funds that developed countries provide for developing countries to deal with climate change should represent approximately 1% of the GDP of the developed countries," said Gao Guangsheng, who heads the climate change office at China's top economic planning body.

EcoWorld - Editor’s Commentary » Blog Archive » Obama & Unions

The government according to Obama - and we agree - should be working to improve the lives of all Americans. But in 21st century America, the government is working to make the lives of government workers better. This is the current legacy of unions, and Obama is going to perpetuate and worsen this divide between those of us who work in the globally competitive private sector, and our unionized public sector overlords.

What does any of this have to do with the environment? Again as we’ve posted on dozens of times, this is relevant because global warming alarm is being used to justify the biggest expansion of government in history. The taxes and fees that will pass into government hands through regulating CO2 are the only potential source of funds remotely large enough to continue to pay the unionized public sector workforce their exhorbitant, grossly unfair compensation packages.