U.S. promoting 'North American' climate change plan

The U.S. State Department has announced a "North American" plan to attack so-called "climate change," releasing a statement in praise of a continental effort to "phase down" hydrofluorocarbons.

The federal bureaucracy today announced: "This North American amendment proposal calls on all countries to take action to reduce their consumption and production of HFCs, with developed countries taking the lead in this effort, as they have consistently under the Montreal Protocol."

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Munger, generally a grumpy fellow, is optimistic about the ability of humanity to solve its biggest problems. He sees solar energy as an answer to many of our problems... eventually. For now, when he does construction, "I never miss an opportunity to pass up putting them in" because they're currently too expensive.

Graham backs expanded oil drilling despite Gulf of Mexico spill - The Hill's E2-Wire

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) – a strong drilling proponent and industry ally – said in a Senate floor speech Thursday that the accident should not cause a retreat from offshore drilling, although new safeguards may be needed on rigs.

“For advocates that say we can't afford to drill off of our coast, then what coast should we drill off of? Should we have all of our oil coming 100 percent from Saudi Arabia or Venezuela or Honduras or West Africa?” she said. “We have to take responsibility to drill where we can safely, out away from our shores, and be as safe as we can be.”