Thursday, June 17, 2010

Climate change legislation teetering after setbacks from Oval Office and Congress - TheHill.com
Climate change legislation appears dead after two setbacks in quick succession — first from the Oval Office and then from Congress.

Sen. Scott Brown (Mass.), a crucial Republican swing vote, met with President Barack Obama on Wednesday and told him he would not support a cap-and-trade plan or carbon fee to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
The Magic of Persistence
Some people think that the global warming scam is finished, that the Ration-N-Tax Scheme is dead, and that there is no further threat to our jobs, our economy and our energy supplies. Unfortunately there is no reason to relax. Public opinion has changed but the politicians have not.
Freeze Warning Issued for Snake River Valley - KPVI News 6
The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Freeze Warning for early Friday morning.
...Temperatures between 30 and 36 degrees are forcecast for much of the Snake River Valley. Sensitive plants could be damaged or killed as a result.
[Maybe the reason is that mean old people hate their grandchildren?]: On Green Issues, Generation Gap Is Wide - Congressional Connection Poll
On almost every major question examined in the latest weekly Society for Human Resource Management/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll, young people lean much more heavily than older adults toward green-tilting positions favored by environmentalists and President Obama.

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