Is Joe Romm a ‘Global Lukewarmer’? — MasterResource

In a fit of rage, uber-alarmist Joe Romm of ClimateProgress has recently offered a temperature warming bet that he can win even if more than 85% of all climate models are shown to overpredict future warming.

Has Joe seen the light and become a “lukewarmer“—that is, someone who thinks that the human CO2 emissions will result in only a modest rise in global temperature, somewhere near the bottom end of the IPCC range of projections–or below it? Might he even be a closet ’skeptic’–not a skeptic of climate change or anthropogenic climate change, but a doubter of climate alarmism?

We are the United States of You Do It | Mind Your Own Damn Business Politics

We are not so much the United States of America as we are the United States of You Do It. We are United in our State of mind that You, not me, need to do what I want done in order to make our world a better place.

The two best, most current examples of the United States of You Do It are cap and trade legislation, and health care reform. If supporters of these issues, those that want government to force others – You – to do something, would quit waiting for a government solution they could solve these problems.

JENNIFER LOVEN: Obama: Don’t expect US to fix it all

The president was particularly muscular on the need to tackle global warming, declaring that America’s days of dragging its feet are over. “If we continue down our current course, every member of this assembly will see irreversible changes within their borders,” he said.

McGauran threatens to vote against ETS

Renegade Liberal Julian McGauran is threatening to vote against any emissions trading scheme before the Senate ahead of an international agreement on climate change.

His vow is a further blow to the authority of Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull, who promised just hours earlier to pull his troops into line on the vexed issue of climate change.