The Little Climate Bill That Couldn't | Mother Jones

Not to sound like a broken record here, but Senate Democrats emerged from today's caucus lunch with, yet again, not much to say in the way of details on their energy package. And even in the wake of the worst environmental disaster in US history, it's looking increasingly likely that the Senate will not only fumble climate legislation, but even fail to move a basic package of energy reforms in response to the oil spill.

N.J. activists protest against 'cap-and-trade' law aimed at fighting global warming | NJ.com

MORRIS TOWNSHIP — A group of conservative activists rallied in Morris Township today for repeal of New Jersey’s "cap-and-trade" law that aims to curb greenhouse gases and global warming.
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Since the law took effect several years ago, New Jersey has generated a "Global Warming Solutions Fund" of between $46 million to $65 million a year. However, in the fiscal year that began July 1, the $65 million fund was diverted directly into the state budget as a revenue.

As a result, cap-and-trade "is nothing more than a tax hike," said Steve Lonegan, a former Republican candidate for governor who is director of the New Jersey chapter of Americans For Prosperity advocacy group that held today’s rally.

Univ. of Va. questions AG's motive in fraud probe | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's demand for records related to a former University of Virginia professor's climate change research is intended to challenge his conclusions rather than uncover fraud, the school said in court papers Tuesday.
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Mann has been a target of global warming deniers for his work that shows the world's temperatures have risen exponentially since the early 1900s.

How arrogant art thy name-callers? « JoNova

Julia Gillard (the new PM downunder) used “denier” 11 times in one recent speech. So imagine she’s in a room talking with, say, Ivar Giaever. She studied arts and law, he got a PhD in theoretical physics two years before she was born, and won a Nobel Prize by the time she was nine. Picture him talking atmospheric physics and her telling him he’s a denier.