The Associated Press: EU leaders press Obama on [banker's bonuses; by the way, they're also still pushing the dying climate scam]

BRUSSELS — EU leaders issued a joint plea to U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday to back their call for rich and developing nations to cap bankers' pay and to impose deeper cuts on emissions for a new global climate change pact.

[West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin]: Coal opponents in 'fantasy world'

“Look, people who want to eliminate coal are living in a fantasy world,” Manchin said. “I want to address issues in the real world. It’s ridiculous to think that we can eliminate coal as an energy source in this nation. I feel certain that people who want to eliminate coal wouldn’t feel so strongly about it when it starts hitting them in the pocketbook.”
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He said that events like the Bluefield Coal Show, demonstrate “what coal means to this great country,” and said that the climate change bill in the form that it passed through the House of Representatives is “totally unacceptable” to the state of West Virginia.

The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that students of the University of Missouri as well as at other colleges, are participating in “a Sierra Club-mounted campaign targeting coal-based power at colleges, whether generated at on-campus plants of purchased from private utilities.”

Manchin said that if college campuses want to do without energy produced by coal, “I would be happy to oblige,” he said.

Australia’s first youth vote on climate change [hoax]

This week Australia ’s youth are being urged to join a growing global movement on climate change to vote for stronger action from our leaders at international climate change negotiations.
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[Alana Smith, National Director of World Vision’s youth movement, Vision Generation] “It's essential we get a strong global deal on climate change this year at Copenhagen - otherwise our generation will miss out on enjoying Australia's natural wonders and the world's poor will experience food and water shortages that will threaten lives and plunge millions into poverty.”

Penny Wong invokes Barack Obama over emissions trading | The Australian

“The message from the United States is clear,” Senator Wong said. The Obama administration and key congressional leaders are deeply committed to passing their climate change laws as soon as possible.

Senator Wong said that the message from Congress and from the Obama administration is that progress in Australia is being watched closely.

[Flashback to last week]

Obama's Weekly Address: [For the ninth straight week, no mention whatsoever of the alleged climate crisis]