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Doomed Planet

“Today’s debate about global warming is essentially a debate about freedom. The environmentalists would like to mastermind each and every possible (and impossible) aspect of our lives.”

Vaclav Klaus
Blue Planet in Green Shackles

Global warming fad waning

by Myron Ebell

October 13, 2011


Yesterday, Australia’s Labor-Greens-Independents climate confederacy voted for a carbon dioxide tax.


How the US's Climate of Opinion Changed

Myron Ebell

The global warming fad is waning.

At the same time, a majority of the American people have realised that the policies proposed to address global warming would cause increases in energy prices ranging from substantial to immense.

This shift in public opinion presents an equally immense opportunity to President Obama's Republican opponent in the November 2012 election.

Whether the Republican nominee takes advantage of the opportunity depends on two factors.

Read the complete article at Standpoint

 


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