Climate Change Blog: Obama and You Must Act on Climate Now

We will almost certainly not get another chance beyond Obama -- he must act on climate now

American Thinker: The Emerging Liberal Oligarchy

In 2009 liberals couldn't wait to get into power and award themselves a trillion dollar bonus.

Don't be discouraged! Maybe later they'll get around to saving the planet, and pave over the nation with solar collectors and wind farms.

Big Science Role Is Seen in Global Warming Cure - NYTimes.com

Dr. Chu said members of Congress who are drafting legislation to limit emissions of global warming gases had not yet sought his advice, although he added, “I would expect that they might.”

He said that while President Obama and Congressional Democratic leaders had endorsed a so-called cap-and-trade system to control global warming pollutants, there were alternatives that could emerge, including a tax on carbon emissions or a modified version of cap-and-trade.

Dr. Chu said reaching agreement on legislation to combat climate change would be difficult in the current recession because any scheme to regulate greenhouse gas emissions would probably cause energy prices to rise and drive manufacturing jobs to countries where energy is cheaper.

“The concern about cap-and-trade in today’s economic climate,” Dr. Chu said, “is that a lot of money might flow to developing countries in a way that might not be completely politically sellable.”

But, he said, he supports putting a price on carbon emissions to begin to address climate change.