Hamilton: Climate obsession plays into polluters' hands - thestar.com

...what can't be denied is that fossil fuels damage us in other ways as well, and that may be enough reason to wean ourselves from them.

Skepticism is warming up - The Augusta Chronicle

Where some of us draw the line, however, is arbitrarily -- and quite likely unnecessarily -- crippling our economy with "cap and trade," which would be a huge tax openly designed to reduce industry and commerce through limits on emissions. Cap and trade -- which has passed the House but not the Senate -- would also make the federal government an all-powerful referee over energy consumption.

Considering the Pew poll results, that prospect may frighten more people than global warming.

Trading in 'cap and trade' -- Tim Flannery - latimes.com

Under a national schedules approach, however, countries select a subset of emissions sources to act on and fix, but they do not agree to account for and cap all of their national emissions.

Carbon hypocrites, tax grabbers or power seekers?

Are they fools, do they think we are fools, are they hypocrites, or are they just whipping up climate hysteria to disguise their greedy grab for more taxes on everything we use and more control of everything we do?