Veto likely on bills blocking EPA regs - Darren Samuelsohn - POLITICO.com

Prospects of any bill stripping EPA of its authority are uncertain in the current political climate, but a GOP takeover of either chamber in 2011 makes the threat much more real.

Up close and personal with environmentalist Jonathon Espie Porritt

THE difference between scepticism about evidence and “denialism” is this: The former may question the credibility of a claim, but it doesn’t stop at that. Sceptics will put theories to rigorous tests to expose their reliability, whereas “denialists” will simply ignore whatever evidence presented to them [like what, specifically?] and stubbornly maintain their disposition.

And Jonathon Espie Porritt, an influential English environmentalist and writer, has a problem with that.

He thinks denialism is more problematic than scepticism, especially when it comes to issues related to global warming, because denialists “make it harder for us to implement solutions to arrive at a better world”.

“This is no conspiracy. It’s not possible to stitch up something like that,” Porritt tells StarBizWeek about the threat of global climate change.
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Porritt travels a lot because of his mission of campaigning for solutions for a better global environment.

Message to environmentalists: ‘Humankind needs energy!’ - The Métropolitain

Carbon taxation or cap-and-trade makes us less efficient as a civilization. It’s a tax on a boogeyman and nothing more. CO2 emission is not only the engine of a modern economy; it’s also the engine of the planet. It’s time for the airlines to get a backbone and for environmentalists to stop fear-mongering.

Al Fin: Even Carbon Hysterics Can Learn to Be at Peace with CO2

If humans develop the ability to control the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere through technological means, there would be little reason for the widespread hysteria which is seen in the UN, the EU, and in the Obama Pelosi regime.