In CO2 We (Didn't) Trust

Even the promoters of "climate boom" for traders, brokers and bankers from "climate doom" for the masses, like Hedegaard's political allies inside the Commission and Parliament had only hoped for a price "bounce" to around 8 euros per tonne - if their plan had been accepted - but time is now up for this tawdry attempt at twinning pompous elite notions of "carbon effluent" with the frenzied greed of the casino 24/7 trading circus to supposedly deliver "climate stability". A bad joke from the start.

The ‘Liberal Bulldog’ Takes on His Biggest Challenge - NationalJournal.com

At age 73, and after 38 years in Washington, Waxman says that his driving concern—the priority that will define the rest of his career—is confronting global warming.

“To me, this is an issue more important than all the other things we’re spending time on,” he said. “It’s more important than the budget, sequestration, the debt ceiling—10 years, maybe five years from now, people aren’t going to say, ‘What did we do on those issues?’ They’re going to say, ‘What did Congress do on climate change?’ ”

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: Crop planting going to get ...

Crop planting going to get way behind in plains due to cold. We need to pray there is no early freeze, its getting nasty

Can the EU's cap-and-trade system be saved? | The Daily Caller

“[T]he EU’s biggest joke of a climate policy—by far—has been the Emissions Trading Scheme, a cap-and-trade,” writes William Yeatman, energy policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

“It’s actually failed twice. During its first phase, the over allocation of carbon rationing coupons led to windfall profits for utilities, but no actual emissions reductions, as the carbon price plummeted,” Yeatman added. “EU bureaucrats shouldn’t fret over their climate policy failures, which were inevitable.”