Climate Change Denial Pervades U.S. Elections - IPS ipsnews.net

WASHINGTON, Oct 28, 2010 (IPS) - In the run-up to the U.S. elections set to take place Nov. 2, the amount of money being spent and eccentricities on display have reached record levels. This has been particularly obvious in debates over energy and climate change.
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Citing the still poor economy and hostile political environment, Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, sees the outcome of the elections as "likely to make advancing climate policy an even tougher fight than we experienced over the last two years".

"I think I speak for most of those working on this issue in Washington when I say the chances of passing a major climate bill in the next two years are nearly zero," Claussen told an energy and business convention in Tel Aviv last week.

Harper trips cost taxpayers nearly $7 million

- Copenhagen to attend a climate change conference in Denmark. ($400,418)