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I think that as the political impetus which drove Obama into power abates, it will become evident how many really unsavory operations have hitched a ride on the running board of Hope and Change Express. They have been ignored until now, but they won’t be for much longer. For example, those following in Waxman-Markey might start asking questions about Science “Czar” John Holdren, who has apparently said many strange things about population control and global warming. Front Page called him, “Obama’s Biggest Radical”, and the toned down Wikipedia entry features such quotes maintaining that fixing the planet requires “partial surrender of sovereignty to an international organization … if this could be accomplished, security might be provided by an armed international organization, a global analogue of a police force.”

Bill O’Reilly Believes in Global Warming [video] | ecopolitology

In an exchange with conservative radio pundit Laura Ingraham on Thursday night, Fox News’ real life Stephen Colbert, Bill O’Reilly, rebuked his guest saying that he, in fact, believed in global warming. Ingraham, on the other hand, said she was “stockpiling SUVs.” Nice. Watch it

Australian Climate Madness: Al Gore - just please, please go home

Excuse the gratutious ad hom there, but this man talks nothing but unadulterated CRAP.

Two words: GO HOME.

"The Cheaper the Energy the Better" (Julian Simon in 1993 speaks to us today) — MasterResource

As the fight intensifies about an energy tax in the budget bill, some cool heads ought to reexamine the underlying belief that it is good for us to “conserve energy.” We see that belief in headlines such as “The High Cost of Cheaper Energy,” and Washington Post editorials like “A Totally Free Market Leads to Over-Consumption.”

Times Higher Education - Official: scientists no longer need fear the press

The days when science was blighted by a press interested only in "scare stories" are over, according to the Science Minister.

Most coverage of science by the media is now balanced, accurate and engaging, Lord Drayson said.