Climate Legislation Would Hammer U.S. Refiners, Wood Mac Says - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Current legislation leaves a loophole in which imported gasoline wouldn’t be subject to the same restrictions.

Which means that the government’s environmental plans could end up undermining another administration goal—energy security—by increasing the share of imported fuels.

There’s another irony to the climate legislation, Wood Mac notes: While it would hit refiners hard, it doesn’t seem that it would actually do much to reduce U.S. demand for oil products. “The impact of the higher fuel costs (projected for the near term) is not anticipated to have a material impact on oil product demand, with other legislative measures (auto fleet efficiency and Low Carbon Fuels Standards) being much more significant,” the report concludes.

Michelle Malkin » Newt for 2012? No, thanks.

[So why DID Gingrich decide to sit on that global warming couch with Pelosi?]

Renewable Energy Not So Clean and Green After All?

Unfortunately, for the past four years, Bhorn and her neighbours have not been able to enjoy these breathtaking sights, forced to tightly board up all openings to seal their homes and families from ash they believe is causing their skin and respiratory disorders.

Less than a kilometre from their houses, Bhorn says, sits the source of their problem. It is Thailand’s most celebrated renewable energy plant.

The 22-megawatt rice husk-fueled power plant owned by A.T. Biopower is the country’s first to be certified under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for carbon trading — one of the means industrialised nations can meet their obligations under the international agreement to reduce carbon emissions. According to the protocol, projects under the CDM are required to bring social and environmental benefits to host communities.

Alarmist of the Week: Barbara Boxer

What does a politician do when the majority of respondents to a national poll believe GW is not a crisis? And only 1 in 3 people think it's man-made? You do an op-ed in an über-liberal rag that caters to your brand of far-left issues and reassure your followers that global warming is really, really real, and that only taxes can save us.