Henry Waxman Reviews Obama

'Barton said to me, 'I don't believe in global warming, I don't believe it's a problem, and I don't believe in working with you on a problem that I don't believe exists.' At least he was honest.'
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Waxman had three objectives for clean-energy legislation, known as the Waxman-Markey bill (Chairman Edward J. Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee), that would reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, promote the development of new technologies and create millions of new jobs, and reduce carbon emissions that contribute to global warming [note: global warming listed third of three reasons].

A Rebuttal to a Cool Climate Paper - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

For those out there seeing any talk of a human warming influence as a hoax, it’s also useful to note that this intellectual tussle over climate sensitivity is over how much human-produced greenhouse gases will warm the world, not if they can do so.  [No kidding?]

Evil carbon-fired power plant saves manatees from global warming at Heliogenic Climate Change

The oil- and gas-fired plant was taken off line last year for modernization but FPL has installed a special heating system to keep waters at an attractively balmy temperature for the manatees who have been gathering at the outlet for years.

Institute for Energy Research » Blog Archive » $135,295 per Job: Obama Announces $2.3 Billion to Create 17K Green Jobs

Latest round of government handouts to create temporary ‘green’ jobs, line corporate fat-cat pockets

Obama’s Green Jobs Plan Will Do More Harm Than Good » The Foundry

On the campaign trail Barack Obama promised if he were elected president, he would create 5 million “green collar” jobs. Today President Obama announced $2.3 billion in tax credits for a clean energy economy will ostensibly create 17,000 jobs. “Building a robust clean energy sector is how we will create the jobs of the future,” he said in a speech this afternoon.

Make no mistake; this government-run plan will kill more jobs than it aims to create.

» It’s Déjà Doom All Over Again: ‘The Fate of the Earth’ and Global Warming Hysteria - Big Journalism

We must not allow intemperate emotionalism or a preening morality to cloud the truth or to substitute a “higher” truth for the actual truth. That is propaganda, not journalism.

Kenai Borough: No to climate [hoax] compact - Juneau Empire

KENAI - After signing onto a global climate change compact in September, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly rescinded its signature Tuesday night.

With the majority of assembly members agreeing that the Alaska Coastal Communities Global Climate Change Compact could do more harm than good for the Kenai Peninsula and its economy, the assembly passed a resolution 6-3 to remove the borough's name from the compact.