Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Obama the impotent | Steven Hill | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
The disappointment with Barack Obama is tangible – on climate change and financial reform Europe leads while the US lags
Fake green labels
THE green-building craze sweeping the nation isn't so much a movement as a highly lucrative regime of payouts and misinformation. You could call it a moral-protection racket.

In fact, "green" buildings don't even use less electricity.
Prince of Wales enlists 500 companies to help [promote climate scam] - Telegraph
Shell, BP, the energy suppliers EON and EDF, Coca Cola, eBay, Starbucks and Virgin are among the household name companies which have been persuaded by the Prince to sign a communique calling on world leaders to commit to cutting emissions worldwide by at least 50 per cent by 2050.
Governor Canute - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online
What a curious analogy. What the Post means is that the governor has about as much influence over a federal cap-and-trade bill as said bill would have over sea levels.
The Age of Stupid - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online
Strange that the Times takes the celebrities seriously but sneers at Alan Carlin, the CalTech physicist, MIT economist, and EPA critic. Obviously, a guy like that has no business sticking his nose in this; it's a job for Giselle [Bundchen]

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