Here. Bottom line:
Waxman-Markey would impose costs at least 10 times as large as its benefits, would not reduce the deficit, and doesn’t even really cap emissions.
But other than that, it’s a great idea.
Not to mention that the bill is twelve hundred pages long. I wonder if they’ll be given an opportunity to read it?
[Afternoon update]
What this bill will and won’t do for the climate.
I don’t know how anyone can see something like this (combined with the closeness of the DNA) and think that we’re not related.
…that may stop cancer in its tracks. I hope that this sort of research will continue to advance once we’ve socialized medicine.
…has begun. Let’s hope the effects don’t get more virulent.
It’s not just Republicans and “the right.”
…in California:
The state is in fiscal collapse, so the California legislature is doing what it does best–finding new things to regulate….
…If it becomes law, AB 627 would require low-fat or skim milk to be served to children 2 years old and older. It would limit sugar in cereals and eliminate deep frying and sweetened drinks. It also would establish an 18-month pilot project to evaluate stronger nutrition and physical activities standards.
What’s really appalling about this is (like many legislative mandates) it’s based on junk science. I’m aware of zero evidence that childhood obesity is caused by whole milk (or dietary fat in general). They should definitely try to reduce the carbs, but I think that kids’ biggest problem is lack of exercise. If they moved more, they would burn off the sugar, the way we did when we were kids.
Are we losing taxonomists?
I know that I’d never have the patience for it.
“At what point do we jail or execute global warming deniers — Shouldn’t we start punishing them now?”
Yes, they are obviously enemies of the people and the planet. They cannot be allowed to continue their thought crimes.
I hope that this works out, because it doesn’t look like we’re getting off the planet any time soon, and I’d still like to see that happen while I’m on the upper side of the turf:
Researchers at Harvard and Advanced Cell Technology are reporting that they have been able to turn ordinary skin cells into stem cells by dousing them with the proteins made by four specific genes. The researchers were then able to turn the stem cells into mature cells of various tissues.
Faster, please. And note, no embryos were destroyed in the making of this research.
“Once again I say: any planet whose ecosystem can be wrecked by burping sheep deserves it. Darwin on a galactic scale. Man up, Mother Earth.”
[Late afternoon update]
Here’s the correct link, for those who were scratching their heads.