“Barack Obama may consider introducing a tax on carbon emissions to help cut the U.S. budget deficit after winning a second term as president, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.” [Bloomberg]
HSBC must think that we live in a dictatorship.
Category: Climate & Energy
WashPost Blog: Obama finally talks climate change. But what will he do about it?
“Yet doing anything bigger on climate change will likely require working with a Republican Congress.” [WashPost WonkBlog]
HuffPost: Obama Victory, Sandy Give Environmental Groups Hopes For Climate Change Action
In his victory address early Wednesday morning, Obama said “We want our children to live in an America … that isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.” [Huffington Post]
WashTimes: Climate-change crybabies
“Mr. Mann’s lawsuit ought to be thrown out.” [Washington Times]
Naomi Klein: Communism to save windmills
“[A truly populist agenda] also means not just more renewable power but democratic community control over those projects.” [The Nation]
FLASHBACK: Naomi Klein: ‘If You Take Climate Change Seriously, You Have to Throw Out the Free-Market Playbook’
FLASHBACK: Naomi Klein admits: Greens are reds
Gore gets $257,000 for climate speech in Gibraltar
Flashback from Gore’s 2009 Congressional testimony: “And, Congresswoman, if you’re — if you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you don’t know me.” Continue reading Gore gets $257,000 for climate speech in Gibraltar
Enviros try using Sandy as an excuse to block re-development in Jersey
Never let a crisis go to waste. Continue reading Enviros try using Sandy as an excuse to block re-development in Jersey
Chris Matthews Calls Climate Change Deniers 'Pigs'
“Well Professor Oppenheimer, back in the 60s, we called such people pigs. Pigs. No, really. They don’t care about the planet, they don’t care about the destruction of war. All they want is what they got, their stuff, and they want more of it.” [Video at Huffington Post]
Clinton on Sandy (the storm, not an intern): 'In the real world, Barack Obama’s policies work better'
As Solyndra showed, in the real world, Obama’s policies cause losses to taxpayers. [Politico]
Gore on Sandy (the storm, not a masseuse): 'A disturbing sign of things to come'
“Dirty energy makes dirty weather,” says the dirty hypocrite. [AlGore.com]
Bill McKibben: As dumb and desperate as they come
No explanation necessary…
A Modest Hurricane Proposal for Honoring Climate Change Deniers
Tropical Storm Milloy? [Huffington Post]