"Say It Ain’t So, Congressman Markey!" « It’s Getting Hot In Here

Today, the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held hearings on “The Future of Coal in Climate Legislation.” Considering that the Subcommittee is chaired by Rep. Ed Markey, who fired up the crowd at Powershift with his talk about “change, baby, change” and a “green revolution,” one might have hoped that these hearings would be a critical look at our dirtiest fuel source. Yeah, not so much.

Of all the legislators and witnesses who spoke, NOT ONE of them spoke out against our reliance on coal in our energy future. Markey sang a very different tune than the one at Powershift as he expressed his support of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and wanting to help industry “realize its potential” to help global warming.

What happened to the champion of renewable energy we saw at the DC Convention Center?

7 Terrifying Global Warming Pictures : TreeHugger

But I worry that we've gotten a bit too complacent, too accepting. So, I've rounded up 7 of the most terrifying global warming pics around—because it could do us all a little good to get just a little nervous from time to time. Just to inspire us to work that much harder to avoid a potentially disastrous fate. After all, climate change really is some scary stuff.

Greenpeace Blocks Main EU Building In Protest

Wearing yellow and blue ponchos and bearing banners saying "Save the climate" and "Bail out the planet," 340 activists from 20 countries participated in the protest, according to a Greenpeace statement.

Democrats Stung by Dissenters - washingtonpost.com

Climate-change legislation is months away from emerging, but some Democrats already worry about the political consequences of creating a cap-and-trade system that could result in higher utility bills. Some House Democrats have floated the issue of tariffs on foreign companies -- potentially an explosive trade issue -- to equalize the cost of a carbon cap.

What Planetary Emergency? : Dispatch from day two of the International Conference on Climate Change in New York - Reason Magazine

"Not a single scientist at the hurricane center believes that global warming has had any measurable impact on hurricane numbers and strength," concluded Goldenberg. He also suggested that some proponents of the idea that global warming is exacerbating tropical storms have backed off lately. Clearly the former vice president hasn't gotten the news yet.