Monday, October 17, 2011

Repeat after me… I [state your name] | Watts Up With That?
Hilarious video clip of climate crusader turned opportunistic occupier Bill McKibben leading a flock of protestors in chant.
Perry’s Energy Speech Part I: Real Energy, Real Jobs (but what about the governor’s windpower baggage?) — MasterResource
it is a breath of fresh air that Perry’s analysis and prescription is 180 degrees from President Obama’s government-knows-best approach to energy and energy/environment.
Australia - Transcript of interview with Madonna King, ABC Brisbane, 17 october 2011
HOST: Just before I get on to the asylum seekers, when will we see a complete list of these 500 companies that will have to pay the carbon tax?

PM [Gillard]: Well, the system will start on 1 July next year, Madonna, and then of course it will be clear who is paying the carbon price and it will be the biggest polluters.

HOST: We understand that, but is there a list being drawn up? Can we look at what companies are from Queensland on that list, for example?

PM: Well there’s information available on one of our government websites, a greenhouse website, so there has been tracking of carbon pollution emissions from businesses for some time. The way the carbon pricing works is it goes to what is happening at a site level, so that is a new piece of information and of course that will be worked on and worked through before carbon pricing starts on 1 July next year.
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HOST: But don’t you have to take the public with you? You say that’s the important-

PM: -If you let me finish my sentence, let’s actually got through the merits of this. I think the merits of this are really important to the public debate.

It’s about clean energy jobs and it’s about reducing carbon pollution, and if you ask most Australians do they believe climate change is real, they will say yes. If you ask most Australians do they believe that carbon pollution is causing climate change and it’s made by us, human beings, they would say yes to that.

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