Forests, Deserts in Climate Measure May Spawn ‘Energy Sprawl’ - Bloomberg.com

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- More forests, deserts and grasslands in the U.S. will be used to produce energy under a proposal to cap greenhouse gases, an unintended consequence of efforts to fight global warming, according to a Nature Conservancy report.

A bill that boosts energy from wind turbines and biofuels will increase the amount of land needed for energy development as much as 48 percent, or almost 100,000 square kilometers (38,600 square miles) during the next 20 years, said Robert McDonald, a scientist with the Arlington, Virginia-based Nature Conservancy environmental group. An area larger than Minnesota will be affected even without any climate change bill, he said.

Climate [Fraud] Camp hits London: live blog | Environment | guardian.co.uk

3.19pm: CiF blogger Sunny Hundal reckons there are now 1,000 people on site "putting up tents & banners, playing music, drinking beer, chatting." He says there are no police to be seen.

US Southern States 'Screwed' By Lack Of Renewable Power Options : TreeHugger

Still, the governors have a legitimate point. Except for biomass, their respective States' renewable energy potentials are relatively limited.

Investor's Business Daily -- Climate Bill Is Built On 'Clean Coal' Myths

The fate of the Waxman-Markey climate bill rests upon two myths about so-called "clean coal." The first is that coal, as used today in the U.S., is a dirty fuel. The other is that coal can be made "clean" by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants and storing them underground in geologic repositories.

How should governments approach global warming?

If we wrote off our initial efforts as a false start (and I think we should), how should we proceed to deal with global warming, which may or may not turn out to be a threat to our continued progress?
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What would make me happiest is if we spread the wealth around and put major money into research and development into a variety of possible solutions.