All pain, no gain in go-it-alone carbon tax | The Australian

Unilateral action to decarbonise our own economy harms us for no gain in terms of solving the global problem. Enthusiasm for doing our bit to save the planet will surely wane as it becomes clear this is all pain for no gain. Only a watertight international treaty will save the planet.

High Energy Prices Are Obama’s ‘Explicit Policy Goal,’ Inhofe Says | CNSnews.com

A prominent GOP senator on energy issues accused President Barack Obama Thursday morning of having set an “explicit policy goal” of making energy prices more costly for Americans.

Flashback: Energy Sec. now admits he was 'Silly' to call for $8 per gallon gas in U.S. | Climate Depot

Key Excerpt: REP. STEARNS: No. But somehow, your statement, “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the ($8 a gallon) levels in Europe,” doesn't that sound a little bit silly in retrospect for you to say that?
SEC. STEVEN CHU: Yes.

[But doesn't burning it release CO2, which will give us all malaria?]: Natural Gas Becomes the Safe Energy Bet - NYTimes.com

Natural gas is not without problems. To unlock methane from hard shale rocks in the United States, energy companies use hydraulic fracturing, a method that has been criticized on the grounds of polluting water sources, including rivers and underground aquifers.