The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : When the Green Bough Breaks...

The Left-media have ramped up their mewling about global warming of late, all apparently prompted by the fact that candidates looking like winners are largely and openly skeptical of the agenda.

Today's entrant is the New York Times' editorial page. The oddest part about this is that nothing ever proposed would, according to anyone, detectably impact the climate.
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Complaining is fine. It lets them be them. But they won't be content to leave it there. The hysteria will soon ramp up again. And when these activists snap -- as many more of them doubtless will, Discovery Channel-terrorist style -- it is the very same Left-media whose alarmism will leave them just as responsible as the politicians and eco-preachers screeching catastrophism.

Climate Change is Like Santa Claus: Dem Congressman Gets One Right

Rahall's got a point. "Climate" was after all, trotted out as the latest excuse, the Plan B, or X, Y or Z by now I suppose, for the Left to do to you and make you do what they've always demanded they be able to do to you and make you do. It was the conjured fantasy to explain delivery all of the Left's wish list.

I hope I'm not being the first one to bring bad news here...

Eight new nuclear power stations despite safety and clean-up concerns - Telegraph

Chris Huhne, the Energy Secretary, has given the go-ahead for eight new nuclear power stations in Britain despite concerns about safety and the clean-up costs.
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The minister also announced plans to build up to 44,000 wind turbines around the coast and to encourage households to put up solar panels in order to generate more green energy. There will also be significant investment in developing new ‘carbon capture and storage’ or CCS technology so that coal can be used to generate electricity without too much pollution.

Wind turbines should be painted purple to deter bats, scientists claim - Telegraph

Wind turbines should be painted purple to prevent bats and birds from flying into them, a new report has found.