Todd Stern feels the heat from all angles - - POLITICO.com

“A lot of these countries that are asking for huge blank checks are also countries that have completely abused the natural resources they have and are corrupt, lack all legal transparency, and nobody in their right mind is going to give them money, especially with their rhetoric about reparations,” Helmke told National Journal after arriving in Denmark. “To argue that you want to be paid for the effects of the Industrial Revolution since 1750 while you enjoy all of its benefits — it’s the height of hypocrisy.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Focus on small changes - - POLITICO.com

COPENHAGEN – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger – who once drove Hummers but now flies commercial – was the star of the show Tuesday at the U.N. climate conference, where he swooped in to say that small is beautiful.

[But doesn't Arnold still drive Hummers and still travel on private jets?]

The governor has already converted his fleet of gas-guzzling Hummers to natural-gas vehicles. But he's always been loath to give up private jet travel.

During one jet jaunt a couple of years back, Schwarzenegger had no fewer than 13 flights over a two-week stretch on his schedule

Can Copenhagen Succeed?

Certainly, not all scientists think the situation is as bad as Hansen does, although the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Chairman Rajendra Pachauri has also opined in the past that 350 ppm is really the safe level. (Interestingly, Pachauri seemed unwilling to reiterate that view when asked at a press conference here today.)

An open letter to Barack Obama | Greenpeace International

It is now estimated that some 300,000 people, mostly the poor and politically disenfranchised, die every year in our warming world.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Palin to Arnold: How’s that green economy working for California, pal?

This demonstrates that Schwarzenegger cares more about the electoral politics involved than the climate change issues, and he’s not the only one. The AGW True Believers aren’t interested in working with people to build consensus towards a compromise; they want to dictate their solutions and use questionable science and sky-is-falling hysteria to get it. Sarah Palin is the canary in the coal mine, so to speak, that demonstrates this.