Liberalism Concocts 'Bogeymen' While Ignoring Real Dangers -- Christopher G. Adamo -- GOPUSA

It is difficult to determine the most telling harbinger of the collapse of Western Civilization, but the October 19 statement by Gordon Brown, Britain's Prime Minister, must surely be among the worst. Speaking to the "Major Economies Forum" in London, Brown hysterically asserted that the world has "fewer than fifty days" in which to enact a drastic international climate change treaty, or it is curtains for humanity.

The translation, of course, is that Americans and Europeans must henceforth bankrupt themselves to fund a global socialist agenda, lest global warming, which has not revealed itself in a decade, will rise up to consume those greedy Western capitalists with fire and brimstone.

GOP Fence Sitters Voice Concerns Over Climate Allocations - NYTimes.com

...on this critical detail, Murkowski said she had significant concerns with giving away free permits that are "essentially decades-long earmarks."

Murkowski added, "Immediate decisions about who should receive them will have lasting consequences. Accordingly, we should view attempts to secure free permits with a healthy dose of skepticism and, frankly, concern."

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) also bore into the allocation debate during the Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.

The first-term senator said he would be willing to support climate legislation if Democrats auctioned off all of the allowances and refunded all of the revenue back to taxpayers.

Milibands [continue pushing their discredited CO2-phobic notions]

Foreign Secretary David Miliband today warned of a "high pressure" future of water and food shortages, mass migration and conflict if the world fails to tackle the problem of climate change.
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The map shows impacts including temperatures rising by up to 15C in the Arctic, sea level rises and storm surges hitting the east coast of Britain, an increased risk of forest fires and droughts in Europe and falls in maize and wheat production by as much as 40% in south east Asia and Africa.
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Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said while the "nightmare" of dangerous climate change would cause terrible problems, a global deal to stop the inexorable rise of greenhouse gas emissions was achievable.
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The Prove It exhibition at the Science Museum, London, aims to lay out the evidence for man-made climate change, drawing on information from a number of top UK bodies including the Met Office Hadley Centre, the London School of Economics and the Overseas Development Institute.

The exhibition includes a tonne of coal, marking the fact that the amount of fossil fuels burnt by humans passed the half trillion tonne mark last year, and if humans are to avoid dangerous climate change they must never burn the trillionth tonne.