Obama to impose carbon pollution cap on power plants

In his most sweeping effort to date to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change, the Obama administration will unveil a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday limiting the amount of carbon pollution from coal power plants.  The rule will impose a cap on the level of emissions existing power plants are permitted and it will provide each state a flexible series of options to implement that cap. Among other options, power plants will be allowed to increase the energy they derive from renewable sources like wind and solar power, adopt new technology to increase energy efficiency, and join or create a statewide cap-and-trade system to effectively tax the excess carbon emissions.

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Backlash goes viral over 10:10 eco film "No Pressure"

(First seen at The Belmont Club: The Green and the Red) The mini-movie,"No Pressure" produced for the 10:10 carbon cutting campaign in the UK, was released a few days ago. Drew Kahn of WorldNet Daily describes it as an enviro-snuff film. He says, "...children and coworkers who don't subscribe to the organization's plan to cut carbon emissions are subjected to the fiercest form of peer pressure: death by bombing." Environmental activist, Frannie Armstrong, responsible for the film produced by comic screenwriter Richard Curtis, thought it was funny, as did the cast and close associates who reviewed it before its release. The film was pulled from the 10:10 site (but not elsewhere) with this apology when notables in the AGW camp protested. The film definitely imparts a gruesomely bloody totalitarian message with authority figures (teacher, boss and coach) pressing the 'red button' without reservation. In other words, skeptics beware! Conservative bloggers wonder if Richard Curtis turned the table on Armstrong & company.

Video: (you've been warned, right?)
10:10 Video "No Pressure" - How to Cut Carbon Emissions

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