Earlier this week I pointed to an article on the growing conservative rebellion against McCain's so-called moderate positions, including his proposals for climate change.

Turns out, not surprisingly, that McCain has already surrendered to the Republican base -- fair-weather maverick that he is -- and won't do anything meaningful to combat climate change if elected president.

By gutting his cap and trade proposal, McCain has revealed that when it comes to climate change, he's all no talk and no action.

Mark Matson makes a good point:

McCain is honestly clueless enough to be worried about global warming without realizing he is against every possible solution.

As McCain would say, that's not change.

Wow:

[President Bush], who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting [of G8 leaders] with the words: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."

He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock.