| Flying clouds the real climate culprit
It is already the largest single source of carbon emissions after energy, contributing up to 10 times as much as aviation. The Stern Report, no less, warned that rainforest destruction alone would, in the next four years, release more carbon into the atmosphere than every flight from the dawn of aviation until 2025. Burning forests produces a particularly nasty double whammy of warming. As they burn, they send vast swathes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. And once they're gone, they can't soak up the carbon from industry, cars and power plants. But despite all this, people get far more exercised over the evils of aviation than they ever do over forest loss. This is partly because aviation looms large on those instant "carbon calculators", designed to give a rough-and-ready guide to an individual's impact.
Clinton Accuses Obama of Being Too Far Left
Rush Limbaugh endorses my opponent, and we know Limbaugh is too far to the left! Grover Norquist is satisfied with the Republican nominee, but certainly Norquist is too far to the left! And, as my running mate, because I do not want to be too far to the left, I am passing on Jesse Helms, who is too socialist for me, and I am choosing Strom Thurmond, who was too far left when he was alive, but has matured and come to his senses in the grave! .
JANE ANN MORRISON: New watchdog of government ethics continues ...
When Craig Walton died in October, there was concern the Nevada Center for Public Ethics he founded might wither from neglect. But a core group of 45 people who care deeply about ethics have committed to keep it going, and Julie Tousa, a graduate of UNLV's Ethics and Policy Studies master's program under Walton, is the acting president. It's a make or break time for the center, but with no shortage of ethical issues in Las Vegas, Tousa already has been answering news media calls about questionable ethics. When the Las Vegas Sun reported the dirty details of Las Vegas City Council members' "special events" expenses, Tousa questioned the propriety of council members using government money to promote themselves. .
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