FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Environmental Inverted Pyramid

...Nevertheless, the fact that fewer than a third of Americans are worried about the effects that climate change will have on them personally strikes me as significant. Although more aggressive policy responses on climate change generally poll fairly well, they are also often the first things to be sacrificed in Americans' minds when something else intervenes, such as a recession or higher energy prices. Advocates of cap-and-trade may need to find ways to personalize the terms of the debate.

Moonbattery: Al Gore, Capitalist

The Goracle's money quote:

Do you think there's something wrong with being active in business in this country?

This from a slimy profiteer who will help drive countless jobs overseas by making it all but impossible to be active in business in this country — unless that business is the global warming swindle. The arrogance of our moonbat ruling class is truly staggering.

Jim Salinger: from praise to packing his bags | Stuff.co.nz

Sacked climate scientist Jim Salinger's employers praised him for being the public "face of Niwa" only 18 months ago.

However, last week, Salinger was told by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) to pack his bags, apparently for doing what he was congratulated for - talking to the media.