Saturday, April 25, 2009

Gore, Gingrich Clash Over Climate Bill in Rematch (Update3) - Bloomberg.com
Republican Gingrich said the proposal to establish a cap-and- trade system of pollution credits was an example of “environmental extremism.”
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Gingrich said the legislation was “wrong” for the U.S. economy and national security.

Gingrich, who has appeared in a commercial with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, on narrowing the political divide over climate change, called the emission- reduction target in the bill “a fantasy.”

The former speaker said Gore made some “startling” and “misleading” assertions about the effects of climate change.

“There is a sufficient debate over facts that would be very useful to have,” Gingrich said. “There is no evidence that we need to rush to a massive energy tax.”
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OBAMA declares war on air. First they came for the carbon dioxide:

The US Environmental Protection Agency has shifted course and deemed carbon dioxide a health risk, in a turnabout important to global warming-related regulation.

We need to wipe our carbon dioxide.

“After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the US Supreme Court, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding … that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare,” an EPA statement posted on the agency website said.

It’s Obama’s first war.
Ridiculous BS:  Small warming would make it too warm for corn in Wisconsin?!
A new report says global warming could impact Wisconsin's corn crop, to the tune of some $41 million a year. The report, Hotter Fields, Lower Yields, examined the impact rising temperatures will have on the nation's number one crop. Dan Kohler with Wisconsin Environment says corn, America's largest crop, is particularly vulnerable to productivity losses from higher temperatures.

"Corn likes it cool, but global warming is raising temperatures in Wisconsin and across the nation," said Kohler. "Global warming is raising temperatures in Wisconsin and across the nation. Global warming will mean lower yields for corn, and eventually the rest of agriculture."

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