The idea that there is an urgency to global warming legislation and/or CO2 controls is getting sillier and sillier in light of a climate record that shows at least a decade worth of cooling, with apparently more to come. This is why those in the progressive movement (formerly known as liberals) know they have to hurry up and get new laws and regulations in place. In Washington progressive icon Henry Waxman is promising quick action on climate change while in North Carolina Waxman’s ideological soulmates in North Carolina’s Division of Air Quality–a unit of the state’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)–are moving forward on requiring NC’s businesses to report their CO2 emissions. (Also see David Bass’ post immediately below.) The reason for the urgency is that CO2 control is the latest best excuse for implimenting progressivist ideas of social engineering. It should be noted that the progressive movement, starting with its overwhelming support for eugenics in the early 20th Century and extending to its present day clammering for CO2 controls and manipulating lifestyles in the name of fighting global warming, has always been about remaking society in the image of a master vision.