Washington Times - Choking on 'green' legislation

President Obama's anti-oil cap-and-trade legislation that would effectively levy a carbon-emissions tax on businesses and on all Americans will likely be one of the first casualties of his liberal agenda.

But its Republican opponents won't kill it. A growing army of Democratic lawmakers, largely from the Midwest, where the economy depends heavily on coal-fired power plants and factories, are turning against it - perhaps enough to prevent his climate-change plan from even reaching a vote in Congress.

Stern encourages climate scam believers [yes, of course the bubbles in Diet Coke are the most dangerous thing ever]

“You will not here anyone on this very skilled US team cast doubt upon the science of global climate change,” said Stern, again demonstrating how substantive a shift occurred on November 4. Every climate campaigner in the room, when reflecting back to the dark days of climate scepticism in the US administration, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief at that moment.