President Obama, Please Go Back to the Copenhagen in December! - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

...After all, what's an Olympiad — even if it is the world's last — compared with the greatest threat facing mankind, etc., etc.? The White House said that it is absurd to suggest that hopping on a plane to go to Copenhagen to support an Olympic bid is a distraction from pressing issues. So clearly, we won't be hearing that excuse in December. Ahem.

But, with Olympic Committee voters no more subject to The One's charms than the increasingly restless American electorate appears to be, I now concur with the greens. Mr. Obama, go to the COP!

Who Gets the Green Medal? Not the Obamas » The Foundry

Using an additional plane emitted 434,726 pounds of carbon into the air.
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So, taking an additional plane to lobby for the Olympics to come to Chicago is equivalent to driving an Escalade for nearly 26 years. (434,726 lbs of Co2 / 16,797 lbs of Co2).

Environmental hypocrisy is nothing new to celebrities and politicians that make the push to go green. John Travolta often preaches about the catastrophic consequences global warming but has five private jets that he likes to fly for ‘business purposes’. Senator Harry Reid riding in a Chevrolet Suburban to attend a news conference on energy efficiency when a short walk from the Capitol to the Senate building would have sufficed. Google founder Sergey Brin greened the company’s headquarters but signed up for a Co2-spewing joyride in space.

Who Will Regulate U.S. Carbon [Swindle] Markets? - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

If the United States is going to set up a cap-and-trade regime similar to Europe’s in order to slash greenhouse gas emissions, who will regulate the new carbon market?

That question has yet to be settled.

GE ’stimulated’ by $300 million water heater rebate « Green Hell Blog

Everyday seems to bring new revelations about federal stimulus money earmarked for the Obama-blessed General Electric. Yesterday it was smart meters, today’s scheme involves water heaters.