US calls on EU to abandon 'lousy' carbon tax on airlines

US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Wednesday called on the European Union to abandon its controversial carbon tax on airlines, saying the policy aimed at combatting global warming was "lousy."

"We think this is a lousy policy, a lousy law that they passed," LaHood told a Senate committee on commerce and transportation.

"We strongly urge the EU to cease application" of the law "in order to help accelerate our effort to forge a global solution," he said.

Mongolia: Herders Caught Between Cashmere and Climate Change | EurasiaNet.org

Changing weather patterns are also prompting herders to keep larger flocks. A severe winter, known as a dzud, in 2009-2010 led to the deaths of over 9 million animals.

Fair question: who paid Vivian Krause to speak at the Vancouver Board of Trade? | The Vancouver Observer

Controversial researcher and blogger Vivian Krause gave a keynote address at the Vancouver Board of Trade on Tuesday, in which she denied climate change and condemned US funding of Canadian environmental charities as part of a conspiracy against Canada’s economic interests.

Funding environmental radicals : News : SunNews Video Gallery

Should your tax dollars be going to fund radical environmentalists? Nicole Eaton does not think so, she joins Sneha Kulkarni.