It's up to conservatives to save us from socialism | www.tennessean.com | Phil Valentine

...I couldn't get an answer out of his office as to whether Corker believes in all this global-warming claptrap. If he doesn't, I can't see how creating a new tax on something that is, at best, inconclusive, is constructive.

It all comes down to a fundamental difference in principles. Either you believe the government is the solution to all of our economic woes, or you believe in the free market. Either you believe this global-warming nonsense, or you don't. There comes a time when our elected officials must vote based on their principles. These are not issues of compromise. These are issues where people of principle show us what they're made of. We're counting on the conservatives left in Washington to stop this socialist steamroller. Filibuster if you must, but take a stand.

Green Left - Climate Action Summit unites new environment movement

We live in peculiar, troubling times, where the world’s climate scientists are all but screaming from the rooftops for governments to listen and take urgent action to avert climate change.

“Act without delay to end carbon emissions and work to draw carbon down from the atmosphere”, they say, “because the lives of literally billions of human beings are at risk if we fail.”
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Australia’s Climate Action Summit, held in Canberra over four days from January 31 to February 3, brought together many people from across Australia, who were inspired to make a difference.

More than 500 participants, representing well over 100 different grassroots climate action groups (CAGs), peak groups and political parties, adopted of set of campaign objectives for 2009. The goals decided upon are, they concluded, “in line with what science, and global justice, demands”.

Nominate Fred Singer for a Heinz Award?

We're guessing Teresa Heinz didn't thoroughly think things through.

The Pittsburgh pickle heiress recently solicited people to be anonymous nominators for the Heinz Awards, distributed annually to a bunch of folks advancing the left-wing, tree-hugging causes Teresa holds dear.

So who does she ask to be among the nominators? None other than Jake Haulk, president of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. Ideologically, that's a bit like Lex Luthor asking Superman where his bronze bust should be located in the Villains Hall of Fame.

The Castle Shannon-based think tank is committed to advancing conservative, free-market principles that, charitably speaking, haven't exactly been embraced by your typical Heinz Awards winners.

We're uncertain if Haulk actually plans to nominate anyone, but we offer this suggestion for his consideration: atmospheric physicist S. Fred Singer, a veritable anti-Al Gore who was featured prominently in the 2007 documentary "The Great Global Warming Swindle."

It would be quite a hoot to see Heinz present Singer with an award.