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Climate change spending won't slow any time soon, says Larry Bell, a professor at the University of Houston.

Indeed, there are several indications of substantial spending increases on climate change:

• ·According to the Government Accountability Office, annual federal climate spending has increased from $4.6 billion in 2003 to $8.8 billion in 2010, amounting to $106.7 billion over that period.
• ·Technology spending, the largest category, grew from $2.56 billion to $5.5 billion over this period.
• ·An addition $79 billion was spent for climate change technology research, foreign aid and tax breaks for "green energy."
• ·Subsidies intended to encourage greenhouse gas emission reductions accounted for $7.2 billion in federal revenue losses during 2010 alone.

The West Virginia Friends of Coal license plates are being ordered everyday via the web site:  www.friendsofcoal.org.  The license plate has an initial cost of $70.00 (made payable to WV Coal Foundation) and must be accompanied by the official application (found on the web site).  All licenses will be renewed in July at a cost of $45.00. Once the application and check are received they are immediately forwarded to DMV for final approval and issuance.  DMV has indicated it takes 6 weeks to receive your plate but we are finding it is much less time.  Get your application in so we can have FOC plates all over the State of West Virginia. It’s a great way to outwardly show you support for our industry and its great people.

The 6^th Annual Friends of Coal Bowl is now in the books and, despite the weather-shortened game, the weekend was a success with broad participation by Association members and numerous guests from the Legislature, state government and both Universities.  The pre-game activities and the game, itself, were record setting with many “first to ever occur” events.  It was exciting and memorable.

The lightning-shortened game was the longest and shortest to ever be played in the history of either WVU or Marshall. From kickoff to the point when it was finally cancelled, by agreement of both schools, the game lasted 6 hours and 50 minutes, yet there was nearly a quarter (14:35) of regulation playing time remaining.  Thus, the longest and the shortest!  WVU was ahead 34-13 at the declared end and thereby was declared the winner of the traditional Governor’s Trophy.

by Jared Hunt
Daily Mail Capitol Reporter

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - State tax revenue receipts are running slightly higher than expectations two months into the fiscal year.

West Virginia's general revenue fund was running a $9.1 million surplus, according to the latest August revenue report from the state Budget Office. The 2012 fiscal year began July 1.

Lawrence Solomon: Science getting settled

The science is now all-but-settled on global warming, convincing new evidence demonstrates, but Al Gore, the IPCC and other global warming doomsayers won’t be celebrating. The new findings point to cosmic rays and the sun — not human activities — as the dominant controller of climate on Earth.