Monday, April 26, 2010

Why the GOP's Graham Put the Kibosh on a Climate Bill - TIME
But Graham may not have been the only one having second thoughts — climate and energy legislation never seemed to have the full-throated backing of the White House or the Democratic leadership. The political upside seemed limited at best, with opponents of legislation successfully characterizing "cap and trade" as an energy-inflationary economy killer.
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With time running out on this Congress — and with Democrats almost surely set to lose seats after the November midterms — a climate bill that isn't now could be never.
[Comparing the global warming hoax and the Madoff scam]: Harry Markopolos, Meet Stephen McIntyre
After The Hockey Stick Illusion by Andrew Montford (about Stephen McIntyre’s criticisms of Michael Mann’s hockey-stick graph), I read No One Would Listen by Harry Markopolos (sent to me by the publisher), about the Madoff case. They have plenty in common...
Confirmed: global warming zealots hate people – Telegraph Blogs
I’ve always suspected this. There can be only one logical conclusion to the anthropogenic global warming campaign: eliminate human beings. Or, at least, reduce to a minimum their number on the planet.
Poles Apart « The Daily Bayonet
So why do only warmists always need rescuing?

Could it be that because successful trips over the Arctic are so commonplace that ‘dramatic’ rescues are the only way to get the headlines they crave? Say it ain’t so.
American Thinker Blog: The Great Phony Volcano Ash Scare and Global Warming
The Global Warming alarmists who want to wreck the world economy over an illusory danger, have already wrecked the finances of airlines and stranded passengers over an illusory danger, based on computer models from the same UK bureaucrats.
White House reels over setback on climate bill | The Australian
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama's climate change agenda was thrown into turmoil yesterday after a key Republican abruptly pulled his support for a compromise energy and climate bill in a blow to Democrats.
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White House officials appeared to be taken aback and by the move, unsure how to respond to the unravelling of a major component of the President's strategy - for meeting his international pledges on climate change and shifting the US economy from its heavy reliance on foreign oil.

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