Climate Observations: January 2009 SST Anomaly Update

The monthly change (January 2009 Minus December 2008) in Global SST anomalies was approximately -0.018 deg C.

Richard Edelman - 6 A.M.: A Different Davos

There is at present 386 parts per million of CO2 in the air; the goal for avoiding further melting of the polar ice cap and 20 foot rise in sea levels is 350 PPM.

The GOP's Big List of Liberal Pork on The Patriot Room

$2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient.
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• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship). [Isn't breaking polar ice some sort of Global Warming felony?]
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• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees. [This is what is known as Hoax Pork]
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• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings. [More Hoax Pork]
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• $5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration. [And again, more Hoax Pork]
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• $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations. [More Hoax Pork]