Global Warming Event Leaving Las Vegas in the Dark

“I think it speaks to the politicization of what was once a non-partisan gesture,” David G. Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas told the Business & Media Institute. “I think that’s probably a bad idea. The people running Strip casinos should be working on how to boost visitation so they can hire more people, not tell us that we should have our awareness of climate change raised.”

Talbyv: Is Penny Wong or Right (3)

And following on from my post Is "Penny Wong or Right (2)" where she said on 4BC radio "and... and... and I... to be honest with you.. think that most Australians do have a view that this (AGW) is real ..." a poll in the Australian newspaper as at today's date records: Are the heatwaves in Victoria and South Australia evidence of global warming?
Yes 8%
No 70%
Don’t know 23%

Wong...er Wrong again, Pen!

BC: School districts hit hard by CO2 scam

Zero net carbon emissions may seem like an impossible goal, but nonetheless, it’s one the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District aims to achieve.

With the introduction of the provincial carbon tax last July, school districts across B.C. will have to pay for every tonne of carbon emissions they produce as of 2010.

School District No. 42 secretary treasurer Don Woytowich said estimates by the province peg the potential tax hit for a comparable school district at $200,000.