Friday, June 12, 2009

Climate change? No worries here | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Polls show that global warming has fallen to the bottom of the list of Americans’ worries. Meanwhile 170 Michigan professors signed a letter calling for tough climate legislation. I read the professors’ letter, and I have to say I’m with the people on this one.
Cap-and-Trade bill does nothing for oil dependence | Spero News
ven with the global recession, global demand for oil will increase by 2030 according to the IEA. The Waxman-Markey bill does nothing to shield the U.S. from the coming oil crisis.
INTERVIEW: Climate change "expert" says no deal by Copenhagen - Monsters and Critics
Bonn - As an initial round of climate change talks ended in Bonn on Friday, a US expert said he had slim hopes that a comprehensive agreement could be reached in time to be ratified at a UN summit in Copenhagen at the end of the year.

'I think it's pretty clear at this stage that we're not going to get to a full and final agreement in Copenhagen,' said Elliot Diringer of the Pew Centre on Global Climate Change.
Round- up: 'Ag Committee Gives Climate Bill the Cold Shoulder' - 'House Ag Chairman: EPA Stay Out of Agriculture' -'Vilsack Declines to Endorse Far-Reaching House Bill'

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