Saturday, November 01, 2008

Judge Blocks Hybrid Taxi Requirement - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
Dealing a sharp blow to the Bloomberg administration’s attempt to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, a federal judge on Friday blocked New York City from requiring owners and operators of yellow taxicabs to switch to more fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles that operate on a mixture of gasoline and electricity.
Climate Change Bill. Part 3 - ‘Ayes’ Wide Shut — Climate Resistance: Challenging Climate Orthodoxy
70 (out of 646) MPs voted. Only 5 of them (all Conservatives) voted against the ammendments. They were,

Christopher Chope (Christchurch), Philip Davies (Shipley), Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden), Andrew Tyrie (Chichester), Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald). Well done to them. The rest of the MPs have clearly failed to consider what they are creating. They seem to believe that reducing the UK to some kind of peasant society will somehow make the world watch in awe, making them world leaders.

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