Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Capping Economic Growth: Trading Tax Dollars for High Energy Costs » The Foundry
...this year’s incarnation would be much more costly than the bill rejected by the U.S. Senate last year.
Graham Hill: Goodbye, Global Warming...
But it's entirely more inspiring to imagine ourselves and others getting out there to work on climate change than it is sitting around worrying about global warming.
CNSNews.com - Liberal Activists Praise and Scorn Pelosi at Capitol Hill Rally
(CNSNews.com) - Activists participating in a global warming protest in front of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday criticized Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who missed the rally, and suggested that she has not been active enough in enacting liberal policies.
Europe’s new climate gambit - shifting the heat onto developing nations?
Brussels, Belgium – European environment ministers, who today discussed Europe’s proposals for the Copenhagen climate summit in December, appear to be backtracking from a UN agreement by which developed countries take the lead on climate action.

The ministers, meeting as the EU Environment Council, call on developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15-30% from expected levels by 2020 – while the EU has set itself a 20% reduction target from 1990 levels, which should increase to 30% when the global deal is agreed.

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