Energy and Environment roundup,

ClimateWirereports that a new paper by economists at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says that:

....if OECD countries acted alone on climate, containing global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels -- the benchmark expected in Copenhagen -- would be impossible.

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So even if you believe in the global warming alarmist fairy tale, since India and China have vowed not to cut emissions at the expense of growth, nothing will be achieved by the developed world committing economic hara-kiri over CO2.

Too bad birth control isn't retroactive...

From the AP:

Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Friday.

These "experts" wouldn't be so "expert" had they not been born.

Michelle, dumbbell...

....these are words that go together well...

....based on this Dana Milbank-article in today's Washington Post about Michelle Obama shutting down blocks of Washington, D.C. so that she can pose as shopper of over-priced "organic" groceries at a local market -- $5 for a dozen eggs? Milbank's article is must-reading if you haven't already shaken your head in disgust today at the Obama administration.

Thank you HankPaulson!

The Treasury Department released today the unredacted documents related toCEI's recent FOIA request. The formerly redacted portion of the docs puts the taxes potentially levied by cap-and-trade at an astounding $300 billion per year! The office that created these docs was created by former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, whose nomination we opposed since it was obvious that he would use his position to advance the global warming ball for the greens. As it turns out, good ol' Hank may have sowed the seeds of cap-and-trade's destruction.