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I often conclude my presentations on climate that conservationists will likely look back in 10-20 years on the global warming hysteria as the worst thing that has ever happened to the environmental movement. While we focus 110% of our attention on a trace, naturally occurring atmospheric gas that our bodies exhale and plants need to live, here is what we are not focusing on.

Deficit push sets climate bill back - POLITICO.com Print View

An aggressive White House push on jobs and deficit reduction in 2010 may be yet another sign that climate-change legislation will stay on the back burner next year.

Metro scrubs 'junket' to Copenhagen

Somehow the world will have to hatch a new accord to stop global warming without the aid of Delta Mayor Lois Jackson and Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini.

Metro Vancouver directors on Friday axed plans to send the board chair and environment committee chair to Copenhagen for next month's global climate change summit.

Jackson and Trasolini weren't around to defend the merits of the trip – they're still in China as part of a different international delegation.