Lawrence Solomon: Warmed right over

Despite the media’s general reluctance to report dissenting views of global warming, Canadian are slowly becoming informed. Two years ago, 63% of Canadians told Angus Reid that they blamed humans for global warming; last year 60% did so and last week, 52%. Next year, as Canadians continue to better inform themselves, the percentage should be in the 40s. We will then join the civilized peoples of the world in having a healthy skepticism of those selling us pet theories on global warming as if they were established fact.

Atheists are as big a threat as climate change deniers

Frank Skinner has claimed that atheists are as big a threat to humanity as climate change deniers.

In a conversation with the Archbishop of Canterbury last night, the Catholic comedian said: ‘Atheists we might see as people like those who deny global warming. You might defend their choice to believe that as freedom of speech – but if they are wrong and people are taken in, it could be disastrous for millions of people.’

Terence Corcoran: How to enlighten Penelope on green jobs | FP Comment | Financial Post

Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty is campaigning on the green jobs issue, claiming 50,000 will be created by his multi-billion-dollar feed-in tariff subsidy program. There is a way to beat this false claim, but Mr. Hudak has a lot to overcome between now and Oct. 6. Working on behalf of Premier McGuinty are a cast of activists and green industries who are mounting an aggressive anti-Tory campaign.

For example, there’s eight-year-old Penelope, a little girl enlisted by Rick Smith’s Environmental Defence to tour the province promoting green energy and green jobs. Mr. Smith and his associates have been key advisors to the McGuinty Liberals and helped design the green-energy program. But Environment Defence claims that Penelope, the child wonder whose parents have allowed her to be manipulated into Mr. Smith’s political campaign, is merely out there on an innocent non-partisan mission. Penelope’s parents will not allow her last name to be used, perhaps to protect themselves.

Why the president’s in the dumps--Jonah Goldberg - NYPOST.com

If Obama had been able to pass cap-and-trade as the market once foolishly expected, things might have been different. He wanted to make electricity rates “skyrocket,” which could have made Solyndra’s expensive products profitable. As it is, Solyndra was only marginally more legitimate an enterprise than Paul Newman’s bookie parlor in “The Sting.” At least Newman only stung one mobster. With this green con job, we’re all feeling the bite.

Indeed, Vice President Joe Biden was right when he said Solyndra is “exactly what the Recovery Act was all about.” For instance, The Washington Post reported this week that $38.6 billion in loans have netted a “few thousand” jobs rather than the 65,000 Obama promised. So if the program had “succeeded,” that would amount to nearly $600,000 per job in government-backed loans.