Group sues for Michelle Obama vacation records - POLITICO.com

"Evidently, American taxpayers were stuck with a sizable bill so Mrs. Obama could tour around Spain with her family and friends,  This administration, as a supposed steward of taxpayer dollars, has an obligation to disclose the full costs of the Obama family’s luxury trip," said Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton in a statement.

JunkScience prompts Gleick question at House budget hearing on EPA | JunkScience.com

Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-Calif.) probes EPA about grants to Peter Gleick.

The Politico report is below.

Brown tells us not to worry about his mad plans because he’s not in power | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Greens Leader Bob Brown showed on 7.30 last night that he’s not only a hypocrite, but so dangerous that even he is forced to reassure voters that he won’t get into power.

Climate Common Sense: Wrexham leads Europe's solar stupidity.

Green Business has the story of how the town of Wrexham has installed 30,000 solar panels in a  location which has an average of only 3 hours of sunshine for 4 months of the year. Tenants in 3000 homes will achieve "savings" of   £200 to £300 on their electricity bills which will of course be added to the bills of pensioners and consumers  in other parts of the UK . The council also will be the beneficiary of solar largesse to the tune of one million pounds a year from feed-in tariffs, also ripped off the same non-solar consumers. The dopey solar scheme is so bad it has even been labelled a rip-off by George Monbiot , one of the leading AGW supporters in the UK who realises that having consumers pay ten times production costs for "free" solar electricity doesn't make any sense. The scheme has been supported by the Lib-Dims in the governmetn although glimmers of Conservative common sense can be seen in the decision to reduce the subsidies.