Contra Costa Times editorial: Assess global warming with uncensored science, not polemics - ContraCostaTimes.com

...making a transition from fossil to clean fuels is a daunting challenge that would be extremely costly and has the potential for doing considerable economic harm and greatly increasing the power of government.

A Green-inspired whitewash: Goldstein | Lorrie Goldstein | Columnists | Comment | Toronto Sun

If May and Co. seriously want to convince an increasingly skeptical public, unlikely to accept the word of “wise elites” there was nothing to Climategate, let them do what they should have done from the start.

That is, call for an investigation, headed by a judge, with the power to subpoena witnesses and documents, with its own expert legal counsel, and with the ability to compel people to appear and testify under oath, and be cross-examined, with their own lawyer present, of course.

You know, kind of like a real public inquiry.

World Sentinel | Breaking Poll: Tea Party Matches NRA in Number of Americans Who Support Their Views

Washington, DC -- It´s official: The tea party movement is a substantial player on the political scene. According to a recent poll commissioned by The O´Leary Report and conducted by Zogby International, 34 percent of voters (45 million Americans) say the Tea Party endorsement is important to their vote this year...
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On the issues, the Tea Partiers are very definitive and unwavering in the positions they take. For example, 90 percent of the Tea Party movement strongly disapproves of cap-and-trade global warming legislation, and 84 percent strongly disapprove.

Bolivia's People's World Conference Takes the Climate Debate to the South

Renowned climatoligist James Hansen, Avatar director James Cameron, Indian environmentalist Vandana Shiva and Noam Chomsky are all expected, as are actors Robert Redford, Danny Glover and Susan Sarandon.

The event is fast becoming “the hippest environment meeting of the year,” the Guardian’s John Vidal writes.
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During the meeting, Morales intends to announce the world’s largest referendum on ways to combat the climate crisis. There are also plans to draft an action plan on an international climate justice tribunal.