Inhofe: On Cap-and-Trade, ‘Day Of Fear Is Over’ for GOP - Robert Costa - The Corner on National Review Online

“The Democrats want this grand plan, but we can build nuclear plants and support new energy exploration without tying it to cap-and-trade,” says Inhofe. As a senior Democratic Senate staffer told NRO, “the stipulations for nuclear energy and offshore drilling in Kerry-Boxer are anemic.” Senator Inhofe, the staffer continues, “is bluntly honest. Kerry and Boxer are the same Democrats who, in the past, have dug in their heels on those exact issues. There is a lot of skepticism and little trust among Republicans, even with all of the assurances.”
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Republicans, he adds, must be focused on America, not on European conferences. “Every assertion has been discredited from Al Gore’s science-fiction movie,” says Inhofe. “The day of fear is over. We need to continue to help people in this economy, which has been really tough on so many.”

[More complete lunacy from the Maldives]

For many developing countries, such as the Maldives, climate change is no longer a theoretical concept or a future threat. Climate change is happening now. Increased outbreaks of mosquito-born tropical diseases such as Dengue fever and Chikungunya are also straining the health system. More than one third of our inhabited islands are suffering coastal erosion, in part attributed to climate change.
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The world has warmed by less than one degree Celsius since the Industrial Revolution but even this modest temperature rise is tipping the global ecosystem dangerously off kilter. The sudden and unforeseen collapse in Artic ice of the past two years has compelled previously cautious scientists to hit the panic button.
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Dr Mohamed Waheed is Vice President of the Republic of Maldives

April '09: Maldives president forgets to mention alleged increase in dengue fever when encouraging tourists to take long fossil-fueled trips to the Maldives

The Maldives will become affordable for “ordinary” people under the direction of its new government.

Around 200,000 Brits currently visit the Maldives each year, but president Mohamed Nasheed said he thought this figure could rise by 100,000 if “the mid-30s couple, backpackers, teachers, taxi drivers and the ordinary person” could afford it.