Climate change: self-interest may save us | Julian Hunt and Terry Townshend | Comment is free | The Guardian

this meeting has assumed heightened significance in the light of the record rise in carbon dioxide emissions globally for 2010...There is a growing realisation that action on climate change is in the national interest

Finally, Congress has a sensible solution to high gas prices: Drive less

Rep. Earl Blumenauer and the congressional Livable Communities Task Force are still patiently trying to explain to the rest of Congress that it might be a good idea for people to be able to move around without cars. Yesterday, the task force put out a report outlining the startling concept that people might be less affected by gas prices if they didn't have to drive as much. Instead of drilling for more oil to address gas prices, we could just use less! SHOCKING.

Families drawn to carbon [hoax] rallies - Weekly Times Now

Actor Rhys Muldoon appeared on stage to say how delighted he was to be addressing a rally where everything was "spelled properly, where people care about etymology".

Cate Blanchett, who fronted the Say Yes pro-carbon tax ads, attended the Sydney rally, but kept a low profile.

"There's no rude words; there's no bad drawings; there's no craziness," Muldoon said.

Look at all of these free-thinking individuals displaying professional-looking, identical "Climate Action" signs!