How liberal laments may drive Obama to ruin | Washington Examiner

As liberals like Joe Klein, Paul Krugman and others put the heat on Obama to live up to the liberal goals of the pre-Vietnam era, the President will likely sharpen his resolve to push global warming and health care, if only to preserve his own vision of himself.
As voters get panicky about unemployment and deficits and Obama's seemingly blithe focus on things like long-term health care savings and global climate treaties, the President will risk utter failure, not just a Clintonite compromise.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Politico: Obama losing independents

This is also a warning shot to Democrats on the health-care bill and cap-and-trade. The big-spending policies have turned off all but the liberals in the electorate, especially once the actual costs of these programs became clear. The independents will be in full revolt by the end of summer if Democrats press forward, giving Republicans a great opportunity to take back the House in 2010.

Will the Feds Manhandle Your Data Center? | Inside Green IT on GreenerComputing

The agreement just reached by the G8 to reduce greenhouse emissions may not be a particularly strong one, but it will inevitably lead to increased U.S. attempts to halt global warming. And that means that your data center may be in the cross-hairs.

Data centers are power-hungry, and ultimately lead to significant emissions. So one way or another, they'll be affected by regulations such as cap-and-trade ones related to CO2.

Twitter / Krista Norton

The Global Climate Change agenda is currently the most powerful anti-personnel weapon in the arsenal of the ruling class.

Twitter / Lauren Pearce

More scientists disagree w. Man made climate change than signed the UN res. So how does #obama get off saying global warming is man made?

As G-8 climate talks fail, some analysts urge a different approach | CEJournal

At the G-8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy today, leaders of the world’s 16 biggest polluters failed to reach agreement on specific targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.

The failure shone a glaring light on the big gulf separating developed nations and emerging industrial powers, such as India and China, on the issue of climate change. President Barack Obama tried to put the best possible face on what happened by emphasizing what he termed the “historic” agreement to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees C.
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As the failure of the G-8 climate discussions sinks in over the next few days, I’m sure we’ll hear a few scientists and climate activists argue that part of the solution is better public understanding of climate science — and less disinformation from so-called “denialists,” which will help spur stronger action by the United States. And certainly journalists writing about these subjects need to present that point of view. But more reporting on the alternative approach emphasizing efficiency, and technological innovation and leadership, is in order.