Rich keenest on hand-out for insulation - National - NZ Herald News

Big earners are lining up for the Government's home insulation subsidy, a survey suggests, prompting fears middle income earners will miss out unless the scheme gets more Government money.

Rod is climate care bear - Star News Group

Hosted by the Dandenong Ranges Oxfam Group, the show is set to get people thinking about the ever present issue of climate change.

Quantock has done his homework, talking to climate specialists, read reports and watched documentaries for latest show.

He has taken clips from news stories and joined the dots in this hilarious look at a global issue. Quantock will keep audiences in stitches as to talks about worst fires, longest droughts, most devastating storms, mass extinctions, melting ice cars and polar bears drowning.

If you truly believed that carbon dioxide might kill your grandchildren, would you joke about it?

C3: Why Tea Party Rage? Maybe It's Morons Spending $18 Trillion To Reduce Potential Sea Levels By One-Half Inch!

...Millions are upset, and spending like a drunken sailor is the root cause. Why any politician would ever consider spending trillions (not billions) on policies based on flimsy science, which will accomplish so little is beyond comprehension.

[Does your city really need a "food policy council"?]

Next, we talk with Wayne Rogers of the Toronto Food Policy Council about what a food policy council is, and why every city could use one.

Senate Action on Cap-and-Trade Fades into Next Year | GlobalWarming.org

Cap-and-trade looks to be stuck for the moment as Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) tries to put together a health care rationing bill. That may well be wrapped up quickly, but news reports suggest that the Obama Administration wants the Congress to turn to new financial regulation legislation after health care. So it appears that energy rationing is slipping down the list. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Majority Whip, said that he thought it would now have to be put off until next year.