Tuesday, September 08, 2009

LETTER TO EDITOR: EPA story misses the story - Washington Times
This is extra-legal, unconstitutional government at its most obscene. At a minimum, Republicans should make this rule a campaign issue for 2010, promising to reject it under the rarely used Congressional Review Act. Of course, achieving that vote would require a change of management. That is the story that really needs to be told.
Van Jones, Mainstream Environmentalist - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online
Van Jones is gone — Obama proving just as able to throw him under the bus as his grandmother, Rev. Wright, and I’m guessing a few more staffers to come — but the shared philosophy stays. And this is something to bear in mind as the Van Jones agenda makes its way through federal agencies and Congress.
Britain: A new global pact to tackle climate change [hoax] may not happen
LONDON — Britain’s Foreign Secretary says there is danger a United Nations conference in December won’t strike a global deal on climate change.

David Miliband said Tuesday the complexity of negotiations and disputes between industrialized and developing nations leave prospects for a deal “in the balance.”
SUMMIT-U.S. public opinion may unlock climate treaty-WWF | Reuters
"A large majority of the American public recognises the need for action on climate and their voice needs to be heard," said Leape, who has headed the World Wildlife Fund since late 2005.
Flashback to recent Rasmussen Report
Thirty-five percent (35%) of Americans favor the climate change bill, while 40% are opposed to it. However, the antis feel more strongly: Twenty-six percent (26%) Strongly Oppose the bill versus 10% who Strongly Favor it.
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While most voters regard global warming as a serious problem, 47% now blame it on long-term planetary trends while 36% say human activity is the cause. Except for June when the two points of view were virtually tied , voters have been trending away from blaming human activity since January.

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