Poll on Real Climate Blog Effectiveness « the Air Vent

...climatologists claim apolitical status while recommending extremist political action en-masse.

Die Klimazwiebel: The billions and billions of funding...

Of all the accusation directed to climate researchers, graft is in my opinion the wrongest. Egos, influence, power may indeed be involved, but money for sure does not play a role.

House and Senate Cloakroom: May 3-7, 2010 | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.

While the Senate works on the financial regulatory overhaul bill the only major bill the House will take up during the week will be a home energy efficiency bill commonly referred to as “Cash for Caulkers.” The cash for caulkers bill, not to be confused with last summers cash for clunkers program, is set to spend $6 billion to incentivize homeowners and contractors to take steps to make homes more energy efficient. Advocates of the bill claim that it will also create more “green jobs” in the economy. Unfortunately measures like this only create government dependent jobs that only survive as long as the federal government is willing to dole out taxpayer dollars in order to prop them up. This will not add the kind of long term private sector jobs that will fuel our economy for years to come.

May Day 2010: For workers' rights and the environment, oppose racism, defend revolutions | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

In Auckland, New Zealand, a huge march of 50,000 turned out to march against the government's plans to allow mining in the country's national parks. While not a formal May Day march, it highlighted the fact that environmental issues, particularly climate change, are a key issue for the left and progressive movement.

BBC - BBC World Service Programmes - The Monday Documentary: The Price Of Biofuels - Episodes coming up

Gerry Northam investigates the true cost of bio fuels.