Nationals call to Malcolm Turnbull ETS rebels | The Australian

Senator Joyce said he was aware of many Liberals who were fervent opponents of the ETS, despite the Liberal leader's search for common ground with the government. "People have woken up to what the ETS is," he said. "It's not going to change the climate. It's just a massive new tax." Senator Joyce said he hoped the Liberals would vote against the ETS when it returned to the parliament for a second vote.

Letter to, Obama, The BENEVOLENT

Oh, and by the way, food is costing so much these days, thanks to the government’s wise corn-to-ethanol program and the soon-to-be cap and trade legislation. I know in your heart you don’t want anyone to go hungry, so won’t you please set up a national food store that can compete with our local grocery stores. The competition is good for America and will help to drive prices down, I’m sure.

Students On Ice – August 5th – Bowheads! « Bad Education Blog

Tomorrow the plan is to go and visit the ice that has caused us to abandon our original plans.

Students On Ice – Walrus, Bears & Whales [not killed by carbon dioxide!]

It was like living in a Discovery Channel show for the next few hours as wave after wave of arctic fauna came by. We passed over 100 walrus in about 15 different groups, we saw another polar bear, another bowhead whale and a couple of seals to round out the menagerie. What a day.

Students On Ice – August 11th – [Thousands of birds and lots of polar bears still not killed by carbon dioxide; seal eaten by the students]

We did a zodiac tour around a bird colony at Hanzsch Island which is home to 120 000 thick billed murres as well a few thousand black legged kittiwakes. It was quite a sight to see all this bird life and hear the sound they all make.
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There was fresh seal for all to try, and we got tours...
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 We were hoping to go for a longer hike, but as the first zodiac landed, they spotted 2 polar bears on a hill not too far from where we were. The spotters were sent out and in a short time they got back the news that there were 8 bears in the area. 3 sleeping and 5 wandering around. Needless to say, we wandered in the opposite direction! I don’t think I mentioned this before, but on every shore excursion that we did, there were a group of staff that were armed with rifles and they scoped out the area, and then stood sentry on various points to ensure that the group was never surprised by any unexpected 4 legged, white haired, visitors. It was always pretty surreal to see them up on the hills of the valleys that we were hiking in.