Congress debates climate bill's higher energy prices - Norwalk News - The Hour

"In its current form, this bill may do more harm to our economy than any bill that is likely to come before Congress for the rest of this year, or perhaps during my natural lifetime," declared Rep. Michael C. Burgess, R-Texas.

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For your Earth Day viewing pleasure, here's Louis Black talking about how Earth Day is being foisted on our kids (warning, some very politically incorrect material)

New York touts [insane] "climate-saving" plan to lock away CO2

NEW YORK (AFP) – Scientists in New York have touted an experimental plan to lock carbon dioxide gasses underground and prevent big polluters like China and the United States from wrecking the world’s climate.

World Environment News - U.S. In Spotlight At Talks On Global Warming Fight - Planet Ark

SYRACUSE - A new U.S. commitment to tackle global warming as outlined by President Barack Obama will be the focus of attention on Wednesday at a meeting of international environment ministers.

Obama has already pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and observers will be looking to see if U.S. delegates give new details of American plans for action.

The three-day summit brings together industrialized and developing countries on the Italian island of Sicily. It seeks to make progress in talks toward a new U.N. deal on cutting carbon emissions, due to be signed in December in Copenhagen, and to get countries to stem the loss of biodiversity.
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has put the price of a "green revolution" to halve emissions by 2050 at $45 trillion.

Question: Over the last 4.5 billion years, how much biodiversity loss has carbon dioxide caused?