Hot Air on Greenhouse Gas | FrontPage Magazine

Given the stunning revelations over the last few months about the bullying, misrepresentation and outright fraud that characterize a disturbing portion of international climate change science, it’s not at all surprising to find that Obama’s EPA is desperately hoping to influence the Congressional agenda on the issue.

However, Lisa Jackson’s less-than-convincing arguments with respect to controlling greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act do nothing to help the alarmist cause. It has quite the opposite effect: Jackson’s official response to the queries posed by a coal-state Senator who belongs to her administration’s party shows that this EPA administrator knows that she doesn’t have a leg to stand on.

Climate Tiff in S. Dakota Reveals Gap Between Scientists, Public : Discovery News

The fact that many people prefer to ignore this and claim there is a major scientific debate points to something else at work, said Scott.

"It underscores that this is a political movement rather than an educational movement," said Scott. "If you just left it up the science teachers, they would present the scientific consensus" which is what they should do at the high school level.

"Give them the basics," she said.

Teaching the debates within the sciences in any meaningful way requires far more knowledge and background in statistics, physics, chemistry and biology, and so would be more wisely handled at the university level, Scott said.

New 'gang' gathering on energy? - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com

In opening remarks, according to Senators in attendance, President Obama took the idea of an energy-only bill – the preferred approach of moderate Democrats – off the table, saying he wanted a “comprehensive” bill that includes a cap on greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate's a hot issue in Arkansas - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com

In the first television advertisement of her campaign, Lincoln touted her opposition to a “cap-and-trade bill that would have increased energy costs for Arkansans.”

White House meeting aims to kick start US climate [scam] bill - 10 Mar 2010 - BusinessGreen.com

However, Senator Lieberman did reveal the bill would ditch the term " cap-and-trade", although could still include a scaled back version of emissions trading focused on the energy sector. "We don't use that term any more," Lieberman told reporters. "We will have pollution reduction targets."