FJM Blog » Climate Change —What’s in it for me?

Anti-global warming proponents gained momentum on this issue when they focused on the kitchen-table concerns that cap-and-trade legislation likely would create, not fixations on how many inches the oceans rose in the past two centuries. Real world problems demand real world solutions. The president and congressional Democrats failed to make that important connection on climate change, just as they did on health care this summer. Unless and until they change their message and tactics and maybe even their heavy-handed policies Americans will continue to wonder aloud, “What’s in it for me?”

Young’uns in Politics - Jay Nordlinger - The Corner on National Review Online

In 1988, when I began fifth grade, lessons became noticeably interwoven with leftist cant about such subjects as global warming and acid rain. Pop culture’s infatuation with nihilism coincided with my high-school years. My family tuned in to Rush Limbaugh. Had they not done so, I probably would not have embraced classical-liberal beliefs.

Could I have started politics later? I don’t think so. It would have been too late. My peers believe themselves to be typical, non-ideological Americans, and they espouse and support liberalism because liberalism got to them first.

Emission trading scheme 'a risk to economy' - Local News - News - General - Illawarra Mercury

A public campaign highlighting the predicted loss of regional jobs as a result of the Federal Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme will be launched in front of 200 mining and political officials in Wollongong this morning.

Jane Goodall Sees 'Hope For Animals'

All Things Considered, September 13, 2009 · Sometimes, it seems like there's no hope for the planet. Thousands of species go extinct every year, and climate change is closing in. But famed biologist Jane Goodall says she refuses to give up.

May I see a list of the "thousands of species" that went extinct in 2008?