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POPSEPA "Let's Rap About Climate Change" I don’t want to oversell it, but it might be the greatest hip-hop track since Joe Biden and Jay-Z dueted on “High-Speed Rail.” HotAir by Allahpundit http://bit.ly/jglI1w ALSO: From Hot Air (here) comes the news that our tax dollars have been spent for—wait for it—a climate change rap! I know! And they're serious too! That’s right you hippers and hoppers, now you can rap along with da feds! As a public service, Confederate Yankee provides, absolutely free of charge to the taxpayers (maybe we can get a subsidy?), our own little climate rap: Yo! You say you wanna clean da ‘vironment, make ever’body walk? Well, you make da energy prices skyrocket, not just talk the talk! Obama make gas prices reach five bucks without fail, An’ he be sayin’ “we gonna build da high-speed rail!” And the UN be squawkin’ ‘bout meltin’ glaciers and such, But the scientists be talkin’, sayin’ “not so much.” And 50 mil climate refugees ‘sposed to be walkin’,
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POPSTrial Lawyers Seeking Damages for Global Warming are 'Off the Leash'
... to take precautions against the cold ... Emergency management agencies were urging residents to bundle up and heat their homes safely during the cold snap.... Northern New England is used to cold winters. A remote site in northern Maine recorded a minus 50 reading on Jan. 16, 2009, that tied a 1933 record set in Vermont for the coldest temperature recorded in New England. Climate lawsuits in the U.S. tripled in 2010 and have the potential to cripple coal, gas and oil producers as well as large manufacturers. The legal community is waiting for an important ruling by the Supreme Court in late June regarding the state of Connecticut's injunction attempt against major power companies for... excessive greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, Mother Nature never got Al Gore's memo: we remain in the throes of what may be the onset of a new Ice Age. Al Gore's career counselor could not be reached for comment at press time. http://directorblue.blogspot.com
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POPSBangladesh's disappearing island My house was here and the river destroyed it completely. So then I built a house there. The tide came and completely destroyed it. And then I moved closer to the coast. I thought it was safe and still destruction didn't stop. - Jahangir Alam, Climate Change Refugee