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Strassel: The Climate Change Climate Change
Steve Fielding recently asked the Obama administration to reassure him on the science of man-made global warming. When the administration proved unhelpful, Mr. Fielding decided to vote against climate-change legislation. If you haven't heard of this politician, it's because he's a member of the ...
House Passes Bill to Address Threat of Climate Change
nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation on Friday intended to address global warming and transform the way... the nation produces and uses energy. The vote was the first time either house of Congress had approved a bill meant to curb the heat-trapping ... (more) House Passes Bill to Address Threat of Climate Change
Climate change fantasies
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — A while back I wrote about anti-green economics - the insistence, by opponents of policies to reduce... greenhouse gas emissions, that the economic cost of cap-and-trade would be immense and unsupportable. I cited Robert Samuelson, who ridiculed the ... (more) Climate change fantasies
Climate ball up in the air
theaustralian.news.com.au — IT is surprising to see the slow response of Climate Change Minister Penny Wong in fielding a... team to counter the arguments assembled by Family First senator Steve Fielding's team of experts and presented on this page last week. At this stage we don't ... (more) Climate ball up in the air
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Friday's Daily News - Energy Tax Edition
Club for Growth — The House is set to vote on a big, ugly, anti-growth energy tax bill later today. I'll be blogging (and tweeting) about it throughout the day. THE DAILY NEWS The Climate Change Climate Change - Kimberley Strassel, WSJ Waxman-Markey: Man-Made Disaster - IBD Editorial Pelosi Buys Off Agri-Business to Advance Climate Bill - Tim Carney, DC Examiner Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations - Washington Times Tariffs on Chinese Imports ...

DrumBeat: June 26, 2009
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future — ... a global framework on warming. Skip related content Xie Zhenhua, a deputy chief of the National Development and Reform Commission who steers climate change policy, said the bill was a positive break with the stance taken by the Administration of former President George W. Bush. But he said the legislation still did not meet international expectations for U.S. action, or ensure a strong deal could be reached at U.N.-led talks in Copenhagen in December. The Climate Change Climate Change: The number of skeptics is swelling everywhere ...

DrumBeat: June 26, 2009
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future — ... a global framework on warming. Skip related content Xie Zhenhua, a deputy chief of the National Development and Reform Commission who steers climate change policy, said the bill was a positive break with the stance taken by the Administration of former President George W. Bush. But he said the legislation still did not meet international expectations for U.S. action, or ensure a strong deal could be reached at U.N.-led talks in Copenhagen in December. The Climate Change Climate Change: The number of skeptics is swelling everywhere ...

Saturday Links
Alea — Regulation and Distrust Spain’s €99 billion bank bail-out Climate bill would tighten U.S. derivatives rules Inching Toward Dark Pool Reporting Standards The Climate Change Climate Change US passes million swine flu cases Sunshine disappoints Wimbledon roof watchers Email this post

Tuesday's Links
Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays — Climate change, Lead Paint, GM, Stimulus - Now that the earth is no longer "warming" skeptics are growing.. - Perfect....eat wood, sue someone - Will retain liability for future product claim cases.......the least they could do after soaking taxpayers for $50B - This is an excellent piece on the stimulus and the "effect" it is having Disclosure ("none" means no position): ...

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Climate change and gas prices: Less impact than you might think
cboblog.cbo.gov 10/6/2008 — CBO released a brief today on climate-change policy and CO2 emissions from passenger vehicles (for the PDF, click here ). Discussions about addressing climate change (e.g., through a cap-and-trade program or a carbon tax) often focus on the ...
The planet's future: Climate change 'will cause civilisation to collapse' - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent
independent.co.uk 7/12/2009 — An effort on the scale of the Apollo mission that sent men to the Moon is needed if humanity is to have a fighting chance of surviving the ravages of climate change. The stakes are high, as, without sustainable growth, "billions of people will be ...
Robert P. Murphy, The Economics of Climate Change | Library of Economics and Liberty
econlib.org 7/6/2009 — The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the world authority on climate change science. In 2007, the IPCC shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore for its contributions to the fight against global warming. 1 Its periodic reports do ...