AFP: Obama [gullibility] gives hope to G8 climate change [scam] talks

SYRACUSE, Italy (AFP) — US "zeal" to reverse years of disengagement on environmental issues has spurred optimism for a landmark deal on global warming later this year, delegates to Group of Eight climate change talks said Thursday.
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Obama "fully believes in building the carbon market," Bursik added.

The Daily Bayonet: Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, April 24 2009

Yesterday was Earth Day, so what better way to cleanse the palette from the green deluge of feel good hippy nonsense than 100 links of skeptical goodness.

Go get a beverage and a cushion, this may take a while.

Committee Republicans Ask Waxman for More Hearings on Global Warming Bill

“Your ambitious schedule of nine separate panels during this week’s three days of hearings is going to touch on many important topics, including the effect of mandatory cap and trade on the domestic economy, international trade competitiveness and participation of the developing world, green jobs and job market projections, and the oversight and trading of a $2 trillion carbon derivative market,” the lawmakers wrote. “Your discussion draft affects every element of our economy and certainly deserves greater hearing treatment than a mere three-day marathon of topics.”

Barton, Walden Ask Chu, Solis to Define, Estimate Number of New Green Jobs

The questions are:

1. What is a green job? Who gets to define what a green job is? What is the authority for this official to make this determination?

2. How was this definition of green jobs developed? Please list all the organizations, both government and private, that provided input in the development of this definition.
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6. Have there been analyses performed that estimate the average wages associated with anticipated green jobs? What is the expected average wage of a green job? How does that compare to the average wage of a non-green job? What is the supporting data for these wage figures?

7. Will green jobs be in addition to non-green jobs or will they replace non-green jobs? If the green jobs are replacing non-green jobs, how many non-green jobs will be lost for every one green job created? If more non-green jobs are lost than the number of green jobs created, is that disparity the result of increased efficiencies or other factors? If other factors, please list those factors and describe how they impact the loss and creation of green jobs and non-green jobs. Please also explain the methodology for determining the net effect on employment.