Civilianism News for 06-26

Testing the limits of free speech, the Justice Department charged that the radio host, Hal Turner, had crossed the line into hate speech.

Who needs the House! They are passing an extremely weak climate change bill, but a great new cap and trading system whereby people can lose a lot of money on carbon offsets.

The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote FRIDAY on the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009” (H.R. 2454, “Waxman-Markey” or “ACESA”). We cannot endorse the bill. The hundreds of provisions in ACESA’s 1,000-plus pages do not add up to the steps needed to avert catastrophic climate disruption. Moreover, the bill’s emissions trading provisions create vested interests that would block future reforms.A growing chorus of environmental and progressive voices is urging Congress to overhaul or scrap the bill.

Toyota reportedly is developing a car that would be charged solely by solar, reports the Associated Press. Wouldn’t that be cool.

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Iranian state television has reported that a partial recount of the vote in the country’s disputed June 12 presidential election had verified the result.”