Associated Baptist Press - Evangelical global-warming skeptics hire lobbyist

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- As Congress debates clean-energy legislation, a conservative Christian group is ramping up lobbying efforts to raise questions about the science of climate change.

The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation Committee recently hired Shannon Royce, a 25-year veteran of conservative organizations including the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, as executive director.

"If you listen to the hype that you will hear in the media, you will hear that evangelicals really feel strongly about global warming, and the impression is that all evangelicals have bought into this global-warming bandwagon, and it simply is not true," Royce said in an interview on a Christian radio station in Chicago.

She said cap-and-trade policies being debated in Congress are based on "pseudoscience" about human-induced global warming and would result in increased energy costs that wind up hurting the poor.

Catlin anti-fossil fuel campaigners: Their very lives depend on fossil fuels

This morning Ann distributed 90g of food for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. This 90g equates to just under 1000 calories each per day. Morale is, understandably, quite low. The team are hungry, lethargic, excruciatingly bored but buoyed by the likelihood of the resupply arriving today.

Kenn Borek Air are fitting the Twin Otter with ‘Ferry Tanks’. ‘Ferry Tanks’ are additional fuel tanks that are fitted within the aircraft and can significantly increase the aircraft’s range. This will seriously improve the options open to us as it removes the need to refuel halfway over the ocean. This option does make landing on the ice more difficult and also means that the aircraft cannot carry any personnel, other than the pilots.

An airdrop is not ideal. Typically, only the items that are a) essential for survival and and b) sturdy enough to survive the impact of a 200ft drop can be pushed out of the plane. Ian Wesley, part of the Catlin Arctic Survey support team (currently based in Resolute) will have selected items that are suitable for the airdrop. Food and cooking fuel will be the predominant items.