Tuesday, March 24, 2009

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Anyone who believes in global warming has obviously never attended a spring ballgame in Wilson, NC.
Now with 63 Diggs - Al Gore: I was wrong about global warming
thomaspeep.com — Al Gore admits his error in an impromptu press conference confession that left the former Vice President teary eyed and emotional. He stated he couldn't keep up the lie anymore
Investor's Business Daily -- CO2 Rules: The Anti-Stimulus
Climate Change: The EPA has prepared a finding for review that global warming is a public health threat, the first step toward regulating the American economy down to your lawn mower.

We are often told how the pursuit of alternative energy will help save the earth from climate change and create lots of green jobs. Advocates rarely use the phrase "global warming" any more because the earth is in fact no longer warming, and hasn't for a decade due to a decline in solar activity and other natural factors.
U.S. Interior Chief touts renewable energy zones | Environment | Reuters
He declined to say whether the controversial $1 billion Cape Wind project would get the final go ahead from the Obama Administration. Its opponents include Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts and his wealthy neighbors with shoreline estates.

"We should have answers there by the end of May or early part of June," he said of the project.

The Interior Department's Minerals Management Service found there would be little negative impact from the project involving some 130 wind turbines off the Massachusetts coast that would provide power to 400,000 homes.

Some critics of Cape Wind say it would hurt tourism in the Cape Cod area. But Salazar said aesthetics should not necessarily be an issue with wind generation.

"You can place wind farms that generate significant energy just off the horizon so you don't even have to see them," he said.

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