Sunday, July 05, 2009

Oh Yeah, The Senate Still Needs A Global Warming Bill of Its Own
Now that the House faced an embarrassingly close squeaker of a vote to force through its cap-and-trade global warming bill (which won’t really affect global warming but is in fact simply a big bill to come due later), the Senate will have to begin considering something of the sort.
Breaking: World weather slated to improve!: Middle East International Climate Champions Begin Work to Tackle Climate Change
"I have no doubt that these inspiring individuals, together with our partner organisations, will make a positive difference to the issue of climate change in the region..."
Power Line - Down with King Cap-and-Tax
If enacted, the bill will create constituences that will assure its survival in perpetuity. "If you take the time to read the legislation," Spruiell and Wiliamson write, "you'll discover four major themes: special-interest giveaways, regulatory mandates unrelated to climate change, fanciful technological programs worthy of The Jetsons, and assorted left-wing wish fulfillment." in lieu of a comprehensive survey of "every swirl and brushstroke of this masterpiece of misgovernance," providing instead "a breakdown of its 50 most outrageous features."
Make-or-break summit as G8 gamble on climate [fraud] and economy | The Australian
THE G8 summit of world leaders in Italy this week has turned into a high-risk gamble that will shape the success or failure of both the Copenhagen climate change conference and agreement on a global path out of the economic crisis.

Just four days before a high-level leaders climate change meeting on the sidelines of the G8 - called by US President Barack Obama in March to try to break negotiating deadlocks before the crucial Copenhagen talks in December - it was unclear whether leaders would make any progress at all.

Negotiators told The Australian that progress had been slow and even the framework for a possible deal last night remained unclear.

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