The Dems’ Green-China Myth - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

The twin China lies of the 2010 Democratic campaign (and they are wall-to-wall here in Michigan) are that 1) Red China is stealing our jobs, and 2) Green China is an energy conservation model. China’s economy is a jobs engine at the same time it’s solving greenhouse emissions?

EPA regulatory lunge could result in 2011 economic plunge - The Hill's Congress Blog

If successful, EPA’s agenda could cost American families $3,000 per year, according to Heritage Foundation estimates. Just this week, moreover, Obama’s EPA proposed a 20 percent increase in fuel efficiency mandates for commercial trucks, buses and tractor trailers by 2018. How does the agency expect already-strapped businesses to suddenly pay for those new mandates?

- Bishop Hill blog - Ministerial meetings

In essence it's simple: with very few exceptions, Huhne gets to meet only:

* energy companies asking for subsidies
* environmentalists.

I think this could explain a lot about government energy policy, don't you?
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There is no sign of anyone who might give a different point of view getting through the door at DECC. This is rather remarkable. We know that the majority of the British public are unconvinced by the manmade global warming hypothesis and yet it appears that, whatever the stripe of the government, only groups with vested interests get through the front door at DECC. The views of the majority are not to be heard.