Al Franken Climate Change Speech Uses Cheetos Metaphor To Criticize Deniers 'Paid By Big Coal' (VIDEO)

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) attacked climate deniers with a Cheetos metaphor on the Senate floor on Monday, saying those who take money from big coal and also reject global warming should be ignored.

"If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I've got a problem, I should take their advice," he said. "And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn't take their advice."

Fisker Broke Down on the Road to Electric Cars - NYTimes.com

Veering on the edge of bankruptcy, without a buyer in sight, Fisker has become — to lawmakers and others — the Solyndra of the electric car industry. Not only private backers but millions of dollars in government loans gave life to a company, some would argue, that was a shaky investment from the start.

No electric vehicle initiative backed by Washington seems more of a debacle than Fisker, which was given a $529 million federal loan in 2009 to advance the project. Two years later, after Fisker repeatedly missed production targets and other deadlines, the Energy Department suspended the loans.

Taking The Mickey Out Of Climate Doomsters | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

Britain’s telly comedians are following public opinion as they take the mickey out of climate alarmism.

Capitol Weekly: Cap-and-trade auction should be transparent

As California’s cap and trade auction moves forward, ethical people of all viewpoints should be able to agree that citizens deserve an open and transparent process. Assemblywoman Shannon Grove and Senator Ricardo Lara have introduced important accountability measures, AB 245 and SB 726 respectively, that would place the cap and trade auction back in the sunlight where it belongs.

At the end of last year’s Legislative session, the cap and trade auction was exempted from California’s Bagley-Keene Act, a sunshine provision in the State Constitution designed to ensure open meetings. This exemption was buried in a last minute budget trailer bill that was never discussed in any committee hearings and that many lawmakers probably never even had a chance to read.