Sammy Wilson is a flat earther, fumes eco-film maker - Local & National, News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

“Let’s not give any more air time to people who don’t know what they are talking about. This guy is not a scientist, he is not prepared to watch the film or listen to the evidence, so let him go back to the flat earthers,” said Franny.

Last week, the minister told the Belfast Telegraph: “I think there are enough fantasies floating around without me giving any credence to them. If we are going to examine this subject we should examine it in the cold light of the evidence, not the fantasy world of the film producers.”

Ms Armstrong said she believed there was no time to lose in dealing with the problem. “We have just a couple of years left to stop the situation and save everything that we have achieved,” she said. [Via Climate Realists]

WSJ asks some good questions - EDF’s Fred Krupp: On Cap-and-Trade, Offsets, and Indiana Grandmothers

WSJ: One other big objection, to the USCAP climate proposal and probably to the Obama plan, is that it would allow companies to reduce emissions by buying “offsets” made elsewhere, like the proverbial Mongolian wind farms. But there are all kinds of questions about the legitimacy of those offsets. Why would they be any different in the U.S. plan?

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Republican governor says the darnedest dumbest thing

All of that applies to a state mileage tax as well. It doesn’t take a $5 million study to understand how much of a burden this would be on Minnesotans.