Top Secret: “Green Jobs” Would Not Exist Without Massive Taxpayer Subsidies

There is perhaps nothing more misleading surrounding the ongoing global warming debate than claims that cap-and-trade legislation will be a jobs boon and will spur economic activity. Look no further than the DeSoto Solar Center in Florida – a Florida Power and Light installation. On his recent visit, President Obama touted the center as the ‘largest solar field in the United States.’ However, the president failed to mention that the panels and other items were all manufactured abroad. The solar cells came from the Philippines; the steel mountings from Canada; the electric boxes from Germany. And how many ‘green jobs’ have been created there? Two full-time employees, six part-time groundskeepers that will work one week a month during the rainy season.

AFP: Kerry vows US climate outline for Copenhagen

Elliot Diringer, vice president for international strategies at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, said the Obama administration would take "significant risk" if it proposed numbers in Copenhagen before a clear signal from the Senate.

"Getting out in front of Congress could invite a backlash on Capitol Hill," Diringer said. "It could be like Kyoto all over again."

Earth is still absorbing CO2, claims climate change study | Mail Online

Dr Wolfgang Knorr, who conducted the study, said the planet still stores 50 per cent of the CO2 produced.

'Previous studies suggested that in the next ten years the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere will accelerate because there is a lot less uptake by the Earth, there is no indication of this,' he said.

Brazil's 2 largest cities hit by blackouts

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's two largest cities have been hit by a massive blackout that has also affected other parts of Latin America's largest nation.

Media reports say problems at a huge hydroelectric dam are to blame for the electrial outages affecting large parts of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other cities in several states.
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The blackouts came three days after CBS's "60 Minutes" news program reported several past Brazilian power outages were caused by hackers. Brazilian officials played down the report.