Burning cash with solar power | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

There are nearly 2 million households in Victoria. That means governments are spending $200 million on a very expensive form of power that will need coal-fired or gas-fired backup for nights and dark days, all to service 0.5 per cent of Victoria’s households, and none of its industry.

Daley admits to taking trips on EduCap's $31 million jet :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: City Hall

With a surprise assist from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mayor Daley fended off questions Tuesday about the multiple trips he now admits he took aboard a $31 million jet owned by a non-profit company under investigation by the IRS and Congress.

“I don't remember all of ’em,” the mayor said of the flights.

Sept '08: Daley unveils plan to sharply lower carbon dioxide emissions - Chicago Tribune

Seeking to burnish his claim that Chicago aspires to be the nation’s most environmentally friendly city, Mayor Richard Daley rolled out a plan Thursday to sharply reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, the key greenhouse gas.
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Daley shrugged off critics who say global warming is not real.

“Global warming is a hoax?” he said. “I think scientists and professional people have disproven that. I mean, there’s a theory out there, but if you read any major magazine articles by professional scientists and research people, they have refuted that pretty clearly.”