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Climate: Carbon rules for current power plants likely in White House rollout, aide hints
Zichal said that Obama's climate proposal would not rely on Congress to grant any new authorities or appropriate any additional funds. She also reiterated that he is not "proposing" a tax on CO2 emissions, an idea put forward by several congressional Democrats.
Economic growth vs. environmental protection | Globalization | DW.DE | 16.06.2013
Across the world, coal - the energy source that in most European countries has a reputation as being particularly dirty - is booming.

"Coal is about to enjoy the biggest renaissance in the history of economics," said Ottmar Edenhofer, deputy director and head economist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
Up to 30 inches of snow for Mt Baker
That’s 76 centimeters. In mid-June. In a world where children are not supposed to know what snow looks like.
Vanishing Snow: Should There Be A Law? | Watts Up With That?
What makes otherwise sensible people fear that snow is disappearing when snowfall is actually increasing? It’s the ideology of Climatism, the belief that man-made greenhouse gases are destroying Earth’s climate. Belief in this same ideology causes people to purchase light bulbs that are slow to light and to buy electric cars that can’t go very far.

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