CO2-fearing Joe Romm: Don't believe the fossil-fuel "lies" | Salon

This is the road to ruin. The latest science warns that on our current emissions path, we are projected to warm most of the inland United States 10 to 15°F by century's end, with sea levels 3 to 7 feet higher, rising perhaps an inch or two a year. The Southwest from Kansas to California would be a permanent dust bowl, and much of the ocean a hot, acidic dead zone. If we don't reverse emissions soon, these impacts could be irreversible for 1,000 years.

The majority of Americans have no idea what the climate science now says we're facing. Yet enablers like Shellenberger don't blame the lack of knowledge on the conservative-led disinformation campaign but on the efforts of Al Gore, Tom Friedman, myself and the climate experts who try to tell the public the truth.

Newsmax.com - Inhofe: Cap and Trade Will Cost U.S. 800,000 Jobs

“In fact, they only have 39 votes and they need 60 votes in the United States Senate. So they’re talking about an endangerment hearing … and if they’re successful in doing it this would open the door to lawsuits all over America. They could say if I’m cooking on my patio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it could eventually get to the polar bear and all these silly things.

“So they’re really going to attempt to do this, and we just have to keep telling everyone they can’t do it legislatively so they’re trying to do everything from the White House. We can’t let it happen. This thing would be close to $400 billion a year as a tax increase.”

Martella noted that some Republicans have said cap and trade will add at least $3,000 a year to every American’s energy bill, and asked what would be the result if it is rammed through Congress.

“The $3,000 comes as a fairly accurate figure,” Inhofe said. It depends on what part of the country you’re from. It’s greater in the central part of the country than it is on both coasts.

“It would be huge and what it would amount to is something that would have no effect on reducing CO2.

Ice Target Zero « Watts Up With That?

Arctic ice area has recovered to normal (one standard deviation) levels, so ice area no longer matters. The issue is now thickness, which is measured by a team of explorers (Catlin) with a tape measure, who intentionally seek out flat (first year) ice for their route.