Democrats Introduce Huge Cap and Trade [Swindle] Bill to House : TreeHugger

Nancy Pelosi and Ed Markey, who was also on the call this morning, are passionate about the bill moving forward—it's become Pelosi's flagship issue.

Senators Reject Cap, Tax and Spend to Socialize Scheme » The Foundry

By approving an amendment by Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) which would prohibit any carbon-rationing bill from raising the cost of electricity or gasoline, 89 Senators recognized that Americans cannot be held harmless in this high-stakes game of economic roulette.

Even though these provisions are likely to be stripped in a conference committee with the House, it’s a positive sign that Senators recognize the perils associated with a radical environmental agenda that will do very little to affect global temperatures. Now, if they only honor that vote

London pays tribute to Victorian bushfire victims

The service, attended by a smattering of celebrities as well as Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, was marked by a controversial and fiery sermon which attributed the fires to climate change, warned of worse to come, and praised the Rudd Government for trying to tackle the issue.

Bishop George Browning, the former Anglican Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn, said the extreme weather pattterns which drove the fires "are likely to occur more frequently".