Are the Lights Going Out on Global Warming?

Global warming hysteria has always been media-driven instead of science driven. The media was complicit in essentially writing talking points into their reporting that were spoon fed by the global warming lobby. It fit the meme well; reduced fuel usage, increased pressure on industry and a nice, handy club with which to beat the GOP with.

But as people started paying attention, the facts started to come out and they sure didn't jibe with what the media was saying. people sitting through a brutal winter and cooler summers started looking at the data and it didn't add up. Eventually they realized that Al Gore and his ilk were full of hot air, not the atmosphere.

We have further proof that the glory days of "climate change" are close to over:

As they claw and scratch to round up enough votes to pass a climate bill, House Democrats had a seeming ace in the hole: former Vice President Al Gore.

But a planned news conference with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Mr. Gore, scheduled for Thursday afternoon, was quietly scrapped with just a few hours notice.

Mr. Gore, the Nobel laureate and star of “An Inconvenient Truth,” the Oscar-winning documentary on climate change, has long been a bit of a lightning rod when it comes to climate issues. And, with the speaker’s office growing more confident the climate bill will pass, a Democratic official said it was decided that, instead of a news conference, Mr. Gore should quietly contact lawmakers one-on-one from his home in Tennessee.

Mrs. Pelosi told reporters, somewhat cryptically, on Thursday that “it’s a question of what was energy efficient for the vice president.”

Even with the Democrats’ increased confidence, the vote on the climate bill, which could happen as early as Friday, is still expected to be close. Representative Henry Waxman, the California Democrat who chairs the House energy panel, already negotiated this week to make the bill more palatable to moderate and farm-state Democrats.

Blue Dog Dems and liberal Republicans are realizing just what "cap and trade" will mean and they don't want to have to explain an affirmative vote to their constituents who will see their monthly bills rocketing upwards in a recession.

Given my choice, I'd much rather see the health care bill go down but this bill will harm American business in ways we can't even fathom. The increased cost and onerous regulatory scheme will force what remaining industry we have offshore and cost us tens or hundreds of thousands of jobs.