Psst. Here’s the Quote I’d Like

At any rate, one of Romm’s constant themes at Climate Progress is that the mainstream media is incompetent and unscrupulous when it comes to climate reporting. Well, feeding a source a quote is a serous breach of journalistic ethics. At NYU, where I’ve been an adjunct journalism professor, I couldn’t imagine telling a student this was acceptable behavior. In fact, in the five years I’ve taught classes there, I can’t recall when a student has even asked if this was acceptable behavior. I mean, it just feels wrong to do that kind of thing.

Strike Drei, Mein Herr - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Meanwhile, just as happened in Spain and Denmark after these truths were publicized, the German government has already publicly vowed to scale back the madness. But it is amazing to think that these are the arguments for this agenda. It is even more incredible that the White House so insistently appealed to other countries' success, when a moment’s scrutiny would have clearly shown that they are not successes.

No Food for Oil! - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Britain is devoting so much of its wheat crop to biofuels that it it slated to become a net importer of wheat.

Smil on Hummers, Hondas, Meat, Heat - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

20:00: If everyone lived like North Americans:

[Smil] We are raising these expectations. We are saying you could be like us…. So 5 percent consume 25 percent. If the rest of the world will do the same thing what will we do? Five planets. This is a very simple calculation [is it?].