Alberta cancels funding for ‘green’ transportation

CALGARY - Money budgeted as part of a highly touted $2-billion allocation for "green" light rail and public transportation projects has been quietly shelved this year by the deficit-ridden Alberta government.

The Stelmach government said it has not backtracked from its commitment to the Green Transit Incentives Program, announced with great fanfare in July 2008. The fund was meant to showcase how Alberta is using energy resources revenue to fight climate change.

[Australia: Journalist asks tough questions of a climate swindle promoter]

JOURNALIST – Yes but aren’t you giving the money back, or much of the money back in the form of compensation. What is the logic in producing a system that puts a price on carbon and then just returns the money essentially?
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JOURNALIST – On the scales we are talking about, five to ten years, what exactly is the rush? We have had polling today that says the most popular position in the electorate is that we wait until after Copenhagen, 49 per cent. A much smaller number would like to see immediate action.

Rudd Carbon Bill Faces Senate Test Before Obama Talks (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

The political debate also sows confusion at electricity providers and mining companies as they prepare to deal with the proposed cap-and-trade carbon emissions trading plan.

“From a business perspective we would just like the bill passed and then our members can get on with it,” Australian Industry Group Chief Executive Officer Heather Ridout said in a telephone interview yesterday. “The bill will never be perfect. But given that we do think this is where the world will eventually head, we’re willing to have a go under this regime as long as the government is open to amendments.”

The global warming house of cards is on the verge of collapse (Wizbang)

Homogenised data eh?
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In other words, homogenised to tell a story that otherwise isn't there.

It's time for investigations... it's time to follow the money... it's time for the inconvenient truth to smack the likes of Al Gore upside his fat head.

It's past time.