After Gutenberg » Isn’t It Ironic?

As this blog recently noted, the bill has a snowball’s chance in a gasifier of being passed. As it left the Energy and Commerce Committee, it already demonstrated weakened targets and incredibly large bailouts awarded to the fossil fuel industry. One of the bill’s architects, Ed Markey, acknowledges that H.R. 2454 has been no different than what the Congress critters persist in handing to us, i.e., “huge subsidies” to the coal and nuclear industry.

'Execute' Skeptics! Shock Call To Action: 'At what point do we jail or execute global warming deniers' -- 'Shouldn't we start punishing them now?' | Climate Depot

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You know, because slight warmth and carbon dioxide kills so very many caribou » Human “Message from the North” to climate negotiators | Blogs |

If you want to send a message, the old Hollywood saying goes, call Western Union. But environmental activists chose a different medium to get through to climate change negotiators: they put their bodies on the line — in this case, the Alaskan tundra — to spell out “Save The Arctic” and sketch the outline of a caribou.

Background - Caribou in ANWR

Both the Porcupine and 'Central Arctic Herds are biologically healthy. After a long period of stability at around 100,000 animals, the Porcupine Herd began to grow steadily during the late 1970s and 1980s and reached 180,000 animals by 1989. The herd then decreased during a series of severe winters and was down to 160,000 in 1992. In 2002, the Porcupine Herd numbered 123,000, but the caribou were in excellent physiological condition.

The Central Arctic Herd also increased during the 1970s and 1980s from 6,000 in 1978 to 23,400 in 1982. Rapid growth stopped in the late 1980s, however, and the herd now appears stable at around 32,000 animals. Relatively low calf production and survival in recent years may result from severe winter weather which has also depleted moose and Dall sheep populations in the central arctic area. It is also possible that the Central Arctic Herd is approaching range carrying capacity.