New Republic alarmist on allegedly irreversible AGW

Sigh. Today brings yet more cheerless news on the climate-science front. At this point I might start reading James Inhofe's press releases just to preserve my sanity...

Obama's Fuel Economy Follies - Reason Magazine

Ultimately, setting CAFE standards is just a way for cowardly politicians to avoid telling their fellow citizens that they should pay more for the privilege of driving.

Column - Obama praised for Bush’s words | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

WHY, given such parallels, is one man seen as a dunce and the other a god? It cannot be explained by the bits of Obama’s speech that left Bush’s script, because what was new was trivial.

Obama talked of tackling a “warming planet”, just when a record cold winter was making Americans doubt there was even a problem, let alone a fix.

We're saved: Ritter names Madden Colorado's climate-change coordinator : CU News : Boulder Daily Camera

Gov. Bill Ritter announced Tuesday that former state Rep. Alice Madden, D-Boulder, will serve as Colorado’s new climate-change coordinator.

The $80,000-per-year position is funded through private grants from the Hewlett, Denver and Energy foundations.
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Madden, who was term limited last year, said in the release that climate change is, "taking its toll in every corner of Colorado."

www.dcexaminer.com >> Yeas & Nays - If it's Al Gore, it's cold

Sam Kazman, general counsel with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, says it "proves that God has a really good sense of humor."

Ditto Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, who often does battle with Gore: "The ‘Gore Effect’ proves Mother Nature has a sense of humor; she seems to enjoy mocking global warming fear promoters.”