[NPR: Trace amounts of CO2 may lead to "utter ruin" of civilization]

Then, in the space of a mere hundred years, we manifest pathways to utter ruin not once but twice. We have managed to put the entire project of civilization up for grabs first through nuclear arms and then through the twin perils of climate change and resource depletion.

Wisconsin's scaled-back global warming [hoax] bill unveiled - JSOnline

"The slimmed down version of the governor's global warming legislation still has billions in unnecessary costs," said Todd Stuart, WIEG executive director. "The most expensive provisions of the governor's global warming task force remain in the new substitute amendment."

Michigan Court of Appeals holds that state agency is not required to regulate CO2 emissions

The Michigan Court of Appeals has held that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is not required under the state's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act ("MEPA") to promulgate [put into effect] rules regulating carbon dioxide emissions.

Cap And Trade Legislation – A License To Print Money (For Governments) « PA Pundits – International

Never come between a politician and a bucket of money.

In this case, the bucket is absolutely huge, and has no bottom, so, no matter how much money is poured into that bucket, it will never even approach full, and more money will keep pouring into it, no matter how long the bucket exists. Keep in mind also, that once introduced, it will become so attractive that there is every possibility that it will never be repealed.

[Germany: Is carbon dioxide really killing off the increasing seal population?] - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Just last summer the state's seal population reached 8,415, its highest total since records started being kept in 1975. And in the nearby state of Lower-Saxony, the seal population is nearly as bountiful, with the state recording its second-highest seal population in 2009. The state also reported deaths of approximately 100 seal pups last year, but officials said that figure was not significantly greater than in other years and was likely attributable to the extreme winter. In recent years, the total population of seals off of Germany's North Sea coast has risen by between 10 and 20 percent.