[Obama administration defends their excessive fossil-fueled travel as "necessary"]

Colorado, which has shifted from Republican-leaning to Democrat-friendly in recent years, had seen Obama officials 35 times through early August, including Obama's Feb. 17 trip to Denver to sign the stimulus bill into law. Virginia, which gave Obama a surprise victory in 2008 and has one of this year's two governor's races, has gotten 17 visits. Combined, those states have received $8.9 billion from the stimulus bill.

The White House defended the travel as necessary to promote the administration's agenda for the country.
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Travel costs, provided voluntarily by the Cabinet agencies at the White House's urging, depend in large degree on the number of staff who accompany high-level officials. For instance, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson took a two-day trip to Tampa, Fla., that cost $10,408, with more than $9,200 attributed to traveling staff. While there, she spoke to the National Association of Black Journalists and announced $95 million in stimulus grants.

Don’t poison people to save the planet | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

How smart is it to force Australians to use a product so apparently dangerous, and so difficult to dispose of when broken? How responsible is it not to mount a campaign to warn them how to protect themselves?

Stalemate On Climate Change [Hoax] Continues Ahead Of Copenhagen Summit 

(RTTNews) - Ahead of the crucial Copenhagen summit in December, the stalemate over carbon emission cuts continued at the Bangkok Climate Change talks with developed countries refusing to abide by the Kyoto Protocol's greenhouse gas emission target.

Su Wei, head of the Chinese delegation to the climate negotiations in Bangkok, said some developed countries adopted "passive attitude" in combating climate change at the talks.

PROFILE: David Suzuki wins "alternative Nobel"

Stockholm - David Suzuki of Canada has for many years actively debated the socially responsibility of science, and its relationship with society.

On Tuesday, he was named winner of the honorary 2009 Right Livelihood Award, often known as the 'alternative Nobel prize'.

Born 1936, Suzuki has a PhD in zoology from the University of Chicago.