Britain’s coming carbon levy will hurt poor the most

With this budget, Britain wants to demonstrate, as it approaches the UN sponsored Copenhagen summit in December on climate change, that it has the greenest strategy linked to economic growth of any developed nation. It also looks as if the economy will take a beating from green alarmists who now have captured the minds of several cabinet ministers. As Vaclav Klaus, current EU President and President of the Czech Republic, has pointed out socialist planning is alive and well in the EU – and the cure is worse than the disease.

Stephen Murgatroyd is a consultant in innovative business and education practices with a PHd in psychology.

Grover Norquist: Americans for Tax Reform

Believers always truly, truly believe that everyone will be happy with their vision of goodness imposed by force. Savonarola. Lenin. Castro. Jim Jones. Environmentalists, thanks to the ban on DDT in the third world, have more blood on their hands than most. Here in the states the true believers just know that America is waiting to kill off the coal miner's jobs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia (and Wyoming and Montana). They know Americans will thank them for higher gasoline prices, smaller cars and more of those toilets that don't completely flush.

Water rising at faster rate around Chesapeake Bay - wtop.com

WASHINGTON - Climate change is causing sea levels to rise worldwide, but some local coastlines are swelling at a much faster pace.

The Chesapeake Bay has already risen a foot in the past century.

Iowa: Channeling Al Gore, eco-hypocrite Obama promotes climate fraud

NEWTON, Iowa (AFP) — President Barack Obama warned Wednesday that climate change was a serious test for humankind, and told Americans small changes in their daily lives could make a big difference to the environment.

Obama, who was later due to tour a plant which makes towers for wind turbines in Iowa to mark Earth Day, vowed that the United States would lead a global drive to cut greenhouse gas emissions under his watch.

"Climate change presents a serious test for humankind, but it also provides an opportunity for great innovation and adaptation," Obama said in a written presidential proclamation.
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"Individuals and organizations can plant trees, use energy efficient lightbulbs, drive fuel efficient cars, hold clean-up drives, and teach young people about environmental preservation," Obama said.

"Small changes in our daily lives can have a big impact on our environment. Individuals can walk, bike, and use public transportation; buy products with less packaging; and recycle and reuse paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum more often.

"American families can also save money by choosing energy efficient products, turning lights off, unplugging appliances, and cutting back on heating and air conditioning."

2008: Obama: It's Not About the "F***ing" Light Bulbs! : TreeHugger

'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'.