Dems give up on comprehensive climate legislation - The Denver Post

"We've already taken the hard votes; we've sent it over there; we're waiting for them to act," said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., who applauded on the House floor last year when the climate bill passed there.

"There is no sense in us continuing to fall on our swords, day after day, week after week, waiting for them to act," she said.

House Democrats from rural districts in the West and Midwest felt especially left in the cold. Taking the political risk of approving a bill that would have reduced greenhouse gases by 17 percent over the next decade, they will have no legislative victory to show for it.

"Of course I'm angry," said Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., among the House's most vulnerable Democrats. "This is a national-security issue. It's critical that we break our dependence on Middle East oil."  [Why doesn't she mention CO2-induced hellfire, and why doesn't she mention that only 1% of US electricity generation comes from petroleum?]

A kick in the nuts for Warmists

It is out­ra­geous that an organ­i­sa­tion, reput­edly staffed by the world’s lead­ing experts, made pal­pa­bly false claims and the media and politi­cians sim­ply shrugged and allowed them to say that mis­takes hap­pen and then con­tin­ued to fund them to the tune of billions.

Pohanka on Global Warming Alarmism | GlobalWarming.org

[one hour video] At a time when most businesses are desperately trying to establish their “green” bona fides in a futile effort to placate the environmentalist movement, Washington, D.C.-area auto dealer and former National Automobile Dealers Association board member Geoffrey Pohanka is a breath of fresh air. His unabashed global warming realism is an inspiring reminder that some businessmen still have the wherewithal to fight back. Click on the video below to see Pohanka refutation of climate change alarmism.

Will Climate Change Really Spur Mass Migrations of Mexicans to the U.S.? | 80beats | Discover Magazine

Oppenheimer himself free acknowledges the fudgy nature of predicting climate change’s effects, and that while the numbers make for a sexy headline, you shouldn’t take them too seriously.

- Bishop Hill blog - They're all a comin'!

Even more damningly, one of Pielke's commenters points out that there are only 6.3m agricultural workers in Mexico. For Oppenheimer to predict that they will all move north seems preposterous.