The Bulb Is Saved - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

The bulb ban was a dark symbol of the Obama administration’s zealous appeasement of the green god of global warming. It was also a window into Washington crony capitalism as General Electric lobbied for a bulb ban — initially also supported by key Republican lawmakers — in order to force consumers to buy more expensive compact fluorescents (CFLs). Like CAFE laws that force auto mpg improvements, the restrictive energy rules were a sneaky backdoor regulation mandating the amount of energy a bulb used — effectively eliminating the cheap incandescents chosen by 85 percent of American consumers.

“It’s a milestone for personal freedom,” says Freedom Action’s Myron Ebell who fought hard in the trenches to overturn the ban. “This is a significant reversal of Nanny State regulations. Maybe this is a turning of the tide.”

No legally binding pledges by India on emissions

New Delhi: Days after the Durban Climate Summit, Government today insisted that India has agreed to no legally-binding commitments to reduce its emissions in absolute terms in 2020.

We're supposed to think that this black smoke is invisible carbon dioxide, am I right?