Texas Kills Solar Bill on Last-Minute Motion - Environmental Capital - WSJ

The sun isn’t shining in Texas this morning.

A bill in the Texas legislature to create a $500 million rebate program for utility-scale and small-scale solar installations – and jumpstart a Texas solar industry – died late on Friday night on a procedural maneuver.
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The $500 million would have been funded by a statewide charge of electricity bills.

Climate Claims Are The ‘New Asbestos,’ Swiss Re Suggests

Lawsuits related to climate change could expand faster than the explosion of asbestos claims and have significant impact on insurers, Swiss Re is warning in a new report.

Zachary Meher on Global Warming!: With views like this, why isn't this guy in Obama's cabinet?!

I do not want our children to have to live in a world where we have to charge for air. If we continue this reign of pollution, this is where we will end up.
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...Polar bears are finding it hard to find dry land, having to resort to swimming far distances to find the ice. Unfortunately, this tends to be a fruitless effort because they usually drown on the way. What did the polar bears do to deserve this? Nothing. Global warming is indiscriminate. It will eat away at anything in its path, including us.
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Global warming is a deadly threat precisely because it fails to trip the brain's alarm, leaving us soundly asleep in a burning bed." Hopefully, we can unite and stand at attention to the alarm that is warning of a silent killer, global warming. I hope now that I can count on your full support and creativity in protecting the welfare of our future generations.

Sincerely,

Zachary E. Meher