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Intrade update, Coakley freefall continues. Currently 15.0. Brown fluxing within 83 and 85. Currently at 83.5. http://bit.ly/CyqTA

Gloom, Doom, and ClimateGate: Notes From the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting » INFRASTRUCTURIST

Chances of enacting tough greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions during this session of Congress appear “close to zero” according to John Stoody, aide to Senator Kit Bond (R-MO), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Stoody participated in a panel on “Federal Climate Change Legislation and Policies” whose general mood could be described as sober. Several factors could be responsible for the weakening of the prospects for climate change legislation according to observers we sought out after the session. They include growing public skepticism about the reality of global warming; disappointment over the inability of the Copenhagen Summit to reach a binding agreement to reduce carbon emissions; the revelations of ClimateGate casting doubts on the integrity of some climate scientists’ objectivity; opposition of 14 Senate Democrats from coal-dependent states who fear that a cap on GHG emissions would raise energy costs and create a voter backlash; and the impact of the upcoming congressional mid-term elections.

Even Plants May Not Like a Warmer World - TIME

Most of the fallout from climate change is likely to be disruptive, to put it mildly. It's hard to put a positive spin on rising seas, increased drought and wildfires, shrinking water supplies and more acidic oceans. For the plants that form the very foundation of the food chain, though, an argument can be made that both global warming itself and the rising carbon dioxide levels that cause it are actually a good thing. CO2, after all, is essential for the photosynthesis that most plants depend on for nourishment. And as winters get milder and shorter, plants will have longer growing seasons. More food plus more time to eat it seems like a recipe for very happy vegetables.

But the story is a lot more complicated than that.

Time for next eco-scare already?! As Global Warming Movement Collapses, Activists Already 'Test-Marketing' the Next Eco-Fear!

One of the most prominent eco-scares now being quietly promoted behind man-made climate fears is the allegedly "growing" nitrous oxide (a.k.a. "laughing gas") threat to the planet.

Fine Tuning for Tuesday, Jan. 19. | Kelowna.com

Rex Murphy (Mark Critch) adds to the world's hot-air emissions during a tirade about the global climate-change debate. (CBC, 8:30 ET/PT)