So much wasted green for climate-change [scam] talks

I asked Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill about the $2,200-a-day tab. "We don't get to pick the hotel we stay in," he answered; the State Department picks hotels for congressional delegations, and it chose a five-star Marriott with a six-night minimum during the summit. Hence, the $4,406 per-room tab for a 48-hour stay. My journalist pal Ola Tedin of Ystad, Sweden, suggested, "They would have found a better deal in Malmö, Sweden," where many attendees stayed. No, I am told, the delegation worked nonstop and didn't have time for the 35-minute train ride.

As for the air fares, Hammill explained they are "government rate." Government rate means that taxpayers fork over as much as $10,000 for a flight that could be purchased online for $800. "Government rate," then, is D.C.-speak for: Money is no object.

No worries on the greenhouse gases spewed to fuel the trek. The House bought "offsets" for the journey's emissions. Of course, that very act explains why so many Americans have come to doubt global warming true believers: Their great crusade is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, yet they globe-trot to be seen with each other and produce meaningless pieces of paper. Then they tell others that their exhaust fumes don't stink because, like sinners purchasing indulgences, they offset their vapor trail - with other people's money.

Rudd all talk and no ticker: Abbott

''If [climate change] really is the greatest enemy that humanity faces, how can it be enough to reduce emissions by just 5 per cent in a decade or by 60 per cent over four decades by which time the real challenge will surely be dealing with disaster rather than avoiding it?'' Mr Abbott said.

Monckton stokes the global warming fire

Following yesterday's luncheon he said the media and general public in Australia were more welcoming than he had expected and the number of followers had been "staggering".

"I'd expected (the media) to be more hostile," Lord Monckton said.

"I think Australia is thinking much more carefully about climate change than probably its government is."

Climate change: Hoax or danger? -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY

ALBANY -- The heated rhetoric over man-made climate change may be on display during a debate today between those who believe the problem is a real crisis that will damage the planet versus those who see it as an overblown hoax that will wreck the economy.