Post Carbon: Greens to bless climate [hoax] bill first, attack later - Juliet Eilperin

When it comes to the draft climate bill that Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) plan to unveil Monday, mainstream environmental groups are planning to praise first and criticize later.

In an e-mail obtained by The Washington Post, Heather Brutz -- field operations coordinator for the environmental coalition Clean Energy Works, outlined the group's media strategy in the coming days.
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One of the most interesting things about this coordinated plan, however, is that environmentalists still don't know the details of the bill. That may cause some to wait before jumping on board.
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[William Snape, senior counsel for the Center for Biological Diversity] "Even if Kerry-Lieberman-Graham try to argue their bill is only an important first step, it's hard to see how throwing the successful Clean Air Act under the bus is either a gradual or sensible way to reduce the most dangerous air pollutants in human history."

AccuWeather.com - Weather News | Cold, Snow Stress China Quake Victims, Rescuers

The lofty geographic setting of Qinghai lends itself to daily extremes beyond the often-freezing nights. Among these are sudden shifts from warm sunshine to cold, wind-swept rain, snow and even hail.

It Takes Green to Fuel the F-18 Green Hornet - Edward John Craig - Planet Gore on National Review Online

The press release says that the Defense Energy Support Center, which buys fuel for the military, paid $2.7 million for 40,000 gallons of the biofuel. That works out to $67.50 a gallon, although the official Navy fact sheet says the cost was only $33 a gallon. Still, next to the $1.20 a gallon cost of petroleum-derived JP-5, it's not exactly a bargain — worse even than buying gas in Europe.

Pelosi Okay On Delaying Climate Bill in Lieu of Immigration « The Speakers Lobby

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calls controversial climate change legislation the “flagship issue of my speakership.” In fact she noted that never before has a speaker of the house been so concerned about environment and climate change.

But the speaker indicated Thursday she wouldn’t stand in the way of the Senate moving an immigration reform bill before it touches the climate package.

“If the Senate is ready with an immigration bill, we don’t want anybody holding it up for any reason,” Pelosi said. “Send it to us.”

Immigration Push in Senate May Kill Climate Bill, Graham Says - BusinessWeek

April 22 (Bloomberg) -- A push to take up an overhaul of immigration law in the U.S. Senate would kill the chances of passing energy and climate-change legislation this year, Senator Lindsey Graham said.