The Kansas [Climate Scam] Fight Continues - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

The battle in Kansas could have real-world effects on electricity prices in the state. Coal is the cheapest source of electricity generation in this country — and as my colleague Felicity Barringer noted in a recent article, reducing coal consumption in the Midwest — whether through state action or through federal climate legislation — could cause rates to rise.

“Electricity is a major factor in what we can afford,” said Wendi Wood, a teacher from Clarence, Missouri, in my colleague’s article. She wants to fight climate change, but not at too high a price: “Don’t hurt the rural farmer and rural America to do it.”

Say it ain't so: Palin sees gas drilling as step to curb global warming - Los Angeles Times

Alaska's governor steps away from past denials and tells Interior Secretary Ken Salazar at an Anchorage hearing that natural gas could ease 'the transition to green energy alternatives.'
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But at Tuesday's hearing, she made it clear that she recognizes the problem of global warming, and she cast energy development as part of the answer. "Stopping domestic energy production of preferred fuels does not solve the issues associated with global warming and threatened or endangered species, but it can make them worse," she said.

Palin acknowledged that "many believe" a global effort to reduce greenhouse gases is needed.

"Simply waiting for low-carbon-emitting renewable capacity to be large enough will mean that it will be too late to meet the mitigation goals for reducing [carbon dioxide] that will be required under most credible climate-change models," she warned.

Satire: Obama science adviser: nuclear winter can halt global warming | wineandexcrement.com

Gibbs said “many cities” in Western Europe would be targeted as well, leaving only a “handful, probably two or three” that would be targeted in the developing world. “We don’t think it’s fair to ask the folks who have been producing the lowest amount of CO2 to take on as much of this challenge as the industrialized world,” he said.

“Sadly, though, we needed to target a few third-world cities in order to get a uniform distribution of soot particles around the globe. But the United States stands ready with prepared disaster-relief rescue packages for each of the third-world targets.”

Once the plan receives final sign off by President Obama, Gibbs said it will be enacted immediately and without warning. “We need all the folks in the targeted cities to go about their daily routines until they are vaporized,” he said. “That’s the only way to ensure we get enough soot particles up there in the sky to create a proper cooling effect.”

Gibbs did confirm one specific detail. Washington will not be among the targets.