Thursday, September 22, 2011

Hypocrisy–That’s Why We Miss Good Ol’ Bill | Power Line
...Eileen Claussen of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, one of the leading advocacy groups for urgent action on the issue, had harsh words for the Clinton administration after it left office: “Finally, I’d like to offer a special posthumous award to the Clinton administration. For talking big about climate change on the international stage but doing next to nothing about it at home, I present the Clinton White House with the award for best costumes.”

I’m sure we can look forward to the same hectoring from former President Obama in a few years.
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" We must teach the children that healthy ecosystems save lives" - UNESCO experts meeting on climate change education, the Bahamas.
Anticarbon tax message is 'unfair' - National News - National - General - Moonee Valley Weekly
But Brendan Pearson, the deputy chief executive of the Minerals Council of Australia, one of the groups funding the ads, said even on Mr Comley's analysis, the ''world's biggest carbon tax'' claim was justified.

''Even on his analysis that's a tax take per person of $290 a year in Europe and $1227 in Australia,'' he said. ''A non trade-exposed company emitting one million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year would pay $14.4 million over the first three years and in Australia $72.5 million.''
Eon expects to cut 11,000 jobs for the sake of Green Policy | Engelske indlæg
In the Financial Time on August 10th 2011 you can read that the scheduled closure of all civilian nuclear power plants is expected to cost 11,000 jobs. The German energy policy is very bad news, not only for the German people, but also for Europe's economy as a whole.

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