Power plant give Navajos income, controversy

WINDOW ROCK - A green controversy fueled by coal-fired power plants is raging on America's largest Indian reservation.

On one side is Joe Shirley Jr., president of the Navajo Nation, who rejects the notion of climate change even though he recently won an international award for environmentalism.

Letter: Global warming 'hoax' lives on despite evidence to the contrary » TCPalm.com

In fact, only a shrinking minority still believe “warming” is due to human activity.

But the hoax lives on in spite of 11 years of declining global atmospheric temperatures. I was comforted when I saw in The Associated Press “news” article, where the name “global warming” softly morphed into “climate change” half-way through — a concession even the Associated Press can’t sell manmade “global warming” anymore unless, of course, you belong to one of the 18 scientific organizations that depends on government handouts to survive.

Emissions scheme might cost $2.5bn

THE Government has flagged it may reject several Coalition amendments to its emissions trading scheme because it will now cost $2.5 billion by 2020.

The Government's scheme was expected to make $208 million by 2020, but yesterday's mid-year budget outlook from Treasurer Wayne Swan revealed a big turnaround because of lower likely carbon prices and a soaring Australian dollar.

An Englishman's Castle: Is it now natural climate change we are fighting against?

I seem to note a shift in the exhortations to do something about Climate Change. They are dropping the "Man Made" label - here is is described as "natural".
Doing something to help the victims of natural disasters and helping them prepare against them is a fine and admirable thing. Sensible predictions of how likely and where these disaster will be will help. Using such tragedies to demand the destruction of western civilization in an orgy of guilt isn't.