Congress ‘Hypocrisy’ on Company Trips Irks U.S. Hotel Industry - Bloomberg.com

March 23 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate last month passed a measure limiting “luxury” spending for corporate travel by recipients of federal bailout funds. Two weeks later, about two dozen senators of both parties left town for political meetings on the Florida coast.

Doldrums: Siemens’ New Wind Turbine Tackles Low-Wind Areas - Environmental Capital - WSJ

...But catering to the less-windy places, oddly enough, is crucial to wind power’s global growth.

That’s because of wind power’s law of diminishing returns: As more wind power is developed, each new site is slightly less attractive. The best, windiest spots usually get developed first, leaving less-windy areas for future development. That’s especially true in countries that were early wind-power leaders, such as Germany and Spain, and slightly less true for the wide-open and undeveloped expanses of the U.S. Great Plains.

Human Achievement Hour | GlobalWarming.org

Green and private conservation are fine. We have no problem with an individual (or group) that wants to sit naked in the dark without heat, clothing, or light. Additionally, we’d have no problem with the group holding a pro-green technology rally. That’s their choice. But when this group stages a “global election” with the express purpose of influencing “government policies to take action against global warming,” we have every right as individuals to express our vote for the opposite

If our Human Achievement Hour is at all a dig against Earth Hour, it is so only by the fact that we are pointing out what Earth Hour truly is about: it isn’t pro-earth, it is anti-man and anti-innovation. So, on March 28th I plan to continue “voting” for humanity by enjoying the fruits of man’s mind.

U.S. Chamber unveils NIMBY Watch Web site | GlobalWarming.org

When and if EPA regulates CO2, expect a surge of litigation demanding that EPA impose PSD and BACT requirements on developers proposing to build or renovate big box stores, strip malls, fast-food restaurants, or other projects NIMBYites deem undesirable or contrary to “smart growth.”

Bottom line: Applying PSD and BACT to CO2–the inexorable consequence of establishing vehicular GHG emission standards–will turn the CAA into a gigantic Anti-Stimulus package. Is Team Obama paying attention?