Hot Air » Oh my: Palin endorses O’Donnell over Castle

She mentions O’Donnell’s opposition to cap and trade and ObamaCare as evidence that she’s the conservative in the race. Fair enough on the first point — Castle did vote for C&T in the House — but he voted against O-Care.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Inconvenient Truth: Sea Level Rise has Decelerated 44% since 2005

Despite alarmist claims to the contrary, the rate of sea level rise has been decelerating for the past 8000 years. The rate of sea level rise decreased in the latter half of the 20th century, despite an exponential increase in CO2 levels. A further 60% deceleration since 2005 was noted by a paper published in 2009 in Ocean Science and based on satellite data as of June 2008.

Needed: A 50-state strategy on climate | Grist

Coal, oil, and gas are a powerful political force in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Biofuels are just about the only bone thrown to the ag sector in the cap-and-trade bill. And farmers aren't just worried about higher energy prices in production -- their families live here too, often on fixed incomes, and drive to distant jobs and medical facilities. Winters are cold and summers are hot. Higher energy costs will hit this region coming and going. No sane politician will take that lying down.

Howard Dean had it right with the 50-state strategy. We need not just better messaging but a better message, a real commitment to making the clean-energy transition work for rural America. And yes, rural America does still exist, think, and vote.

Green groups press Barack Obama for 60MPG fuel efficiency standard | Environment | guardian.co.uk

In a sign of that strategy reshift, 20 environmental groups launched a new campaign today to press Barack Obama to propose far more ambitious fuel efficiency and pollution standards for cars of 60mpg by 2025.  [If we set the standard at infinity, couldn't we run all of our cars on less than one gallon of gasoline?]