Monday, June 29, 2009

UK: [Insane] Government pamphlet urges people to walk to work to stop climate change - Telegraph
Catastrophic floods and droughts caused by climate change could be prevented simply by putting less water in the kettle, according to new Government advice.
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A new pamphlet, to be placed in every public library in the country, warns that the UK faces summer heat-related deaths, sea level rises and food shortages by the end of the century as a result of global warming.
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It is estimated that if everyone in the UK stopped using standby on household appliances for a year, it would save the same amount of CO2 caused by the entire population of Glasgow flying to New York and back. If the whole world followed suit, it would avoid one per cent of global CO2 or 240 million tonnes.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce - June 26 - U.S. Chamber Calls House Climate Change Bill Wrong Approach to Slowing Emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today expressed opposition to climate change legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, cautioning that it is an unrealistic approach that could further harm the economy and shed American jobs.

"The last thing this country needs is fourteen hundred new job-killing regulations and mandates," said the Chamber's Senior Vice President of Environment, Technology and Regulatory Affairs William Kovacs. "The Chamber hopes, at some point, that Congress will find a way to balance the need for a strong U.S. economy while still addressing global climate change. Unfortunately, Congress has fallen short with this bill."

"The American public deserves a robust, transparent debate on this legislation, which will raise fuel and electricity costs and have a negative impact on every family's budget," said Karen Harbert, President and CEO of the Chamber's Institute for 21st Century Energy. "Re-writing legislation in the middle of the night and then forcing a vote on it the next day is certainly not the right way to tackle this complicated issue."
Landmark climate [scam] bill squeaks through
Pelosi framed the legislation as a national security issue, a health issue and above all "a moral issue for us to pass on God's beautiful creation to the next generation in a responsible way."

Her opponents, including nearly every Republican and 44 Democrats, warned that the legislation is economic suicide, and the "most colossal mistake ever in the history of the United States Congress." They warned that imposing caps on carbon dioxide will raise energy prices and force more manufacturing to China and other nations that do not limit greenhouse gases while doing little to limit global warming.
[Again, Pelosi seems to be all over the place on the alleged purpose of the climate fraud bill. It's national security, health, a moral issue; no, it's jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs?!]
NANCY PELOSI: Just remember these four words for what this legislation means: jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. Let’s vote for jobs.

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