Wind Watch: Bailing out wind energy project is a misuse of stimulus money

Highland New Wind is a risky project, and a substantial amount of state money and agency resources have already been spent in studying the project and in the development of appropriate permit conditions. It’s time to let the project rise or fall on its own merits. Virginia has a long list of much better ways to use the stimulus money.

Diversity Abounds at New York City Climate Conference « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.

Of course, with hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising, a sympathetic news media, and an increasing number of corporations giving in to the pressure, it’s a wonder any skepticism remains.

All in all, the conference was hugely successful. Since there are so many international participants in these conferences, it looks like next year’s conference will probably be held abroad.

AFP: US senators attack cap-and-trade for climate change

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States should not impose a cap-and-trade system to battle climate change this year because it amounts to a painful tax during a deep recession, senators argued Wednesday.

"Now is not the time to put a national sales tax on every electric bill and every gasoline purchase," Republican Senator Lamar Alexander, who sits on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, told reporters.