Pajamas Media » Radical Environmental Groups Extorting Federal Money with Lawsuit Threats

A federal project comes up, radical groups threaten to entangle it in litigation, the government pays them to go away. Fundraising!
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To avoid lawsuits, American tax dollars are being used to pay off radical environmental groups. The groups are using the money to threaten more lawsuits.

Get Used to 'Soft' Climate Diplomacy - NYTimes.com

Watching the climate talks in Copenhagen last year was something like witnessing the derailment of a slow freight train on a curve that could be seen to be too sharp well ahead of time.
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But it may be time for some world leader (President Obama?) to cut to the chase and say, from the outset, that propelling meaningful action to constrain emissions in the middle of a global growth spurt (and a lingering financial mess) requires a fundamental reboot.
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Who’s going to judge which countries deserve adaptation money when many of the world’s vulnerable places already experience climate extremes as the norm, and where anticipated impacts from the greenhouse buildup are not readily distinguishable from what’s already happening?

James Carville Offers his Take on the Tea Party Movement | Sunshine State News

“In another state, the tea partier running to be governor has a pretty concise set of priorities he'll pursue if elected: elimination of the Department of Education and codifying global warming as a myth. Once the parents and students of this state find out about this guy's plans, they'll be running away faster than a high-school track team all-star.