Climate Bill: Plenty of Sound and Fury in Waxman-Markey Hearings - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Republicans stuck largely to a single script: The bill is too expensive and will wreck the economy.

Joe Barton figures the bill could cost as much every year as the entire electricity sector chalks up in sales. Fred Barton of Michigan said the bill’s emissions-reduction targets seek to recreate the economic conditions of America in 1910.

Ralph Hall of Texas threw a new figure into the how-much-will-it-cost debate, citing a Heritage Foundation figure of $24,000 per family through 2035. Roy Blunt of Missouri said choosing between the current bill and nothing “is a false choice.”

Steve Scalise of Louisiana was blunt: “The big winners are China and India, who are champing at the bit to take our jobs.” George Radanovich of California cut to the chase and called the bill “environmental socialism.”

Santer and the "Power of Poop" « Climate Audit

Rather than spending time archiving information from his various publications, Santer has placed his scientific priorities on introducing a remarkable cartoon (Youtube here), which ends (see 7 minutes on) with a ditty urging its audience to "do something about the power of poop".