US takes climate 'action:' From 1998-2009 $98.9 billion US taxpayer dollars were given to 'climate' programs per March 2010 CBO report

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 March 2010, "FEDERAL CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMS: FUNDING HISTORY AND POLICY ISSUES," CBO.gov

(p. 5) Table 1.

Budget Authority for Federal Climate Change Programs

1998 $4.0 B

1999 $4.5

2000 $4.4

2001 $4.4

2002 $4.2

2003 $5.7

2004 $5.8

2005 $5.4

2006 $5.1

2007 $5.8

2008 $6.4

2009 $7.5

ARRA (Obama Stimulus) $35.7

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Technology

1.6 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.7 4.3 5.2 35.2

Climate Science 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 0.5

International Aid 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0

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Total

4.0 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 5.7 5.8 5.4 5.1 5.8 6.4 7.5 35.7"...

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The above doesn't include revenues lost due to tax preferences given to climate projects which are listed on page 11 of  the report. (For the record, all 3 branches of gov. were controlled by democrats at the time of this report).

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The above is just one calculation of  "climate" funding taken out of the US economy:

"Compliance with (EPA) regulations costs the U.S. economy more than $1.75 trillion per year." And $55.4 billion more in policing and administration. EPA's prohibition on light bulbs will cost $10.9 billion a year.

Update: 8/23/11, "The Alarming Cost Of Climate Change Hysteria," Forbes, Larry Bell

"The U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) can’t figure out what benefits taxpayers are getting from the many billions of dollars spent each year on policies that are purportedly aimed at addressing climate change."...

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