Maldives Shuns CO2 Tax Seeking Tourist Cash to Make Cuts - Bloomberg

The Maldives will seek to fund its plan to become carbon-neutral with voluntary donations from visitors, shunning a proposal for an emissions tax on tourists,
President Mohamed Waheed said.

...“We are careful not to put too many taxes on our tourists,” Waheed said in an interview in Rio de Janeiro, where he’s attending the United Nations Rio+20 summit on sustainability. “What we are now planning to do is set up an environment fund where tourists can commit funds. It will be voluntary contributions to begin with.”

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Twitter / DRTucker: Bush administration whistl

Bush administration whistleblower, Rick Piltz, now Founder of Climate Science Watch, joins D.R. Tucker and Betsy... http://fb.me/1p8FrSIF6

Obama, Liberals Avoiding UN Climate Conference 'Like The Plague,' Senator Says | CNSNews.com

Inhofe says that the environmental activism has become so unpopular that liberal lawmakers are shunning the conference – and are afraid to even acknowledge it publicly:

“I had considered making the trip myself, but realized that no one in Washington even knows that the Conference is taking place!

The conference’s green agenda has become so politically radioactive, that even Pres. Obama and extreme environmental groups are trying to avoid been associated with it, Inhofe said:

“President Obama is avoiding it like the plague, and his allies in Congress haven't made a single speech on the conference. Far left environmental groups have done their best to stay under the radar..."

EXCLUSIVE: Godfather of Global Green Thinking Steps Out of Shadows at Rio+20 | Fox News

Documents examined by Fox News show that the Beijing office of the United Nations Development Program has paid Strong's way, with a $13,000 round-trip air ticket from Beijing to New York to Rio and back. His hotels and living expenses are also being picked up, in what amounts to a three-week Rio + 20 junket.