Mayor Bloomberg's green jobs goof

Turns out the Bloomberg green jobs plan isn't all it's cracked up to be. A focus on creating financial-sector carbon trader positions merely underscores the core criticism of green jobs: That they aren't real employment a free economy would value enough to create on its own. The mayor's ambitious plan depends on Congress passing a controversial cap-and-trade scheme to combat global warming.

The Associated Press: Storm dumps snow on Rockies, plains, more forecast

DENVER — A slow-moving autumn storm showed no signs of letting up in Colorado and the western Plains on Thursday, blanketing areas already buried with as much as 3 feet, closing schools and businesses and delaying flights.
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The storm that began Tuesday already added enough snow to break records for total snowfall in October for Wyoming.

US trying to reach [climate hoax nirvana]

Carol Browner thinks it is still possible for the Senate to pass energy and climate legislation this year, even as a debate over the US healthcare system dominates the congressional calendar.

Klimaforum09: People’s global climate summit

The forum will take place from December 7 to 18 and is organised by Danish NGOs and partly financed by the Danish Government.

Klimaforum09 wants to include all actors on the international climate stage and is inviting everyone from big NGOs like "Friends of the Earth" to fishermen from Eritrea struggling with dwindling fish stock, to smaller organisations like the “Veg Alliance”, who sees vegetarianism as a cornerstone of the fight against climate change.