The Blackboard » US Climate Change Report Shows Surface Temperatures Lower Than Projected.

Squinting at that figure, it appeared to me that the according to the USGCR, the observed temperatures have fallen below the multi-model mean projections in every year this century.

How Obama’s Victory HURTS the Renewable Energy Movement | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com

...when you try to craft a bill that can win approval nationally, you’ll wind up with a pronounced flattening affect for states in the Northeast and on the West Coast where they could get – and already have – energy regulatory policies and legislative action that is far more progressive. In legal/historic terms, this is the same “race to the bottom/top” problem that has been fought over every issue ranging from labor law to racial equality to environmental regulation.

Another case of “be careful what you wish for,” as many of the same parties that greeted Obama’s (and the Dems that rode his wave) with a hand, might now be heard to gripe: “hands off!”

Promoting Tourism by Taxing Tourists? » The Foundry

The Senate will soon vote on the Travel Promotion Act of 2009. The Act would create a government-run public relations campaign funded by a tax on international visitors. It is being touted as a way to increase travel to the United States.

If we believe that fossil fuel use will cause our grandchildren to burn in hellfire, why would we want to increase fossil-fueled travel to the U.S.?