Scoop: A Threat to Freedom and Prosperity

The current Global Warming Debate is not about temperature or CO2 levels. It is an ideological clash between those who want to change us (rather than the climate) and those who believe in freedom, markets, human ingenuity, and technical progress. The advocates of global warming alarmism ask for an almost unprecedented expansion of government intrusion, of government intervention into our lives and of government control over us. We are pushed into accepting rules about how to live, what to do, how to behave, what to consume, what to eat, how to travel. It is unacceptable.
Hon Vaclav Klaus, President Czech Republic

[Government Motors to unveil new gas guzzlers?]

At the New York show, Pontiac will showcase the 2009 G8 GXP featuring the new 6. 2-liter small-block V-8 engine generating 402 horsepower. According to the automaker, the G8 GXP sedan, set to go on sale this year, will be able to go from zero to 60 mph in 4. 7 seconds. The new sedan is also equipped with a specially tuned suspension and an optional new six-speed manual transmission.
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“There’s simply nothing else like the G8 sport truck on the road today, and we definitely believe that there are customers who will be excited by its distinctive design, performance and cargo capabilities,” said Jim Bunnell, general manager of Pontiac, Buick and GMC.

Pontiac, the struggling brand of General Motors Corp. , is freeing its high-performance G8 family to bang sales doldrums and to repair its image. But the new corporate average fuel economy (CAFÉ) standards could hinder the plans.

May '09: Government Motors | The Big Money

Uncle Sam will be calling the shots at General Motors (GM). Today's business press lead with the story of GM's significant restructuring plan that gives the U.S. government as much as 70 percent of the ailing automaker after the union walked away from the bargaining table with less than initially envisioned.

United Nations Pulls Hockey Stick from Climate Report « Watts Up With That?

Maybe climate blogs can convince the UN to change their graph yet again.

Obama uses L.A. program as a model for going green -- latimes.com

The measures echo a Los Angeles sustainability program launched under the direction of then-Deputy Mayor Nancy Sutley, who now heads the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

[Los Angeles seems a very odd choice as a model] | Los Angeles Times

"The city of Los Angeles has the largest carbon emissions output of any city in the state of California, which has the largest carbon footprint of any state in the U.S., which has the largest carbon footprint of any country in the world," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said...