Europe Tamps Down Expectations on Climate [Hoax] Funds - NYTimes.com

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s commissioner for the environment sought Thursday to tamp down expectations that wealthy nations would immediately hand over vast sums of money demanded by developing countries to manage global warming.

Such funds “cannot be a blank check,” the commissioner, Stavros Dimas, said at a news conference.

The Melting Climate Change Deadline | Mother Jones

Given all that, it's little wonder that Senate aides from committees that are working on cap and trade aren't brimming with confidence that a measure will move forward anytime soon. "I don't think anyone can predict [when a bill will emerge]," says one. "With all the other priorities, folks are wondering if we are ever going to get there."

Survey finds ND pheasant numbers down | KXNet.com North Dakota News

The department says pheasant numbers are down 50 percent from last year, and brood observations are down 31 percent.

Stan Kohn, the agency's upland game management supervisor, says the harsh winter killed many of the birds and the cool, wet spring hurt young ones.

YouTube - SunPower Chief on why global warming is a "great opportunity"

Tom Werner, Chief Executive of SunPower, spoke at Reuters' Global Climate and Alternative Energy Summit in San Francisco: "Global warming [fraud] is an economic stimulus"]