Emissions Trading Scheme May Bankrupt UK Industries
A CARBON "tax" could hit the North East’s industrial heartland with companies going bust or moving abroad, a minister has signalled. Energy Minister Lord Hunt made the apparent admission as he came under pressure over the European Union emissions trading scheme in the Lords.Northumberland peer Nigel Vinson asked if ministers had assessed...
Global Warming Concerns Continue To Drop
Gallup's annual update on Americans' attitudes toward the environment shows a public that over the last two years has become less worried about the threat of global warming, less convinced that its effects are already happening, and more likely to believe that scientists themselves are uncertain about its occurrence. In response to one key...Peter Foster: Alice In UN Land
"No, no!' said the Queen. "Sentence first -- verdict afterwards.""Stuff and nonsense!" said Alice loudly. "The idea of having the sentence first!'"
"Hold your tongue!' said the Queen, turning purple.
"I won't!" said Alice.
"Off with her head!" the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. Nobody moved.
"Who cares for you?" said Alice...
New technique shows Roman Warm Period Warmer than Present Day
A promising new technique to reconstruct past temperatures has been developed by scientists at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada and Durham University, England, using the shells of bivalve mollusks. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science the scientists say that oxygen isotopes in their shells are a good proxy...Prejudging IPCC Error Review: Press 'Exaggerate' Climate Controversy
The president of the Royal Society has said press reporting of climate science exaggerates the controversies, but that it is "too much to expect" news editors to make different choices. "The press naturally highlights what is new, and that may not be the most important thing," Lord Rees told Today presenter Justin Webb. --BBC Today Programme...After Climate-Gate, U.N. Submits To Independent Review
In an apparent slap at the embattled chief of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ordered a newly formed outside scientific panel to review its "procedures and practices" -- and more significantly, its management.The hastily assembled panel will be headed by Prof. Robbert H...
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EU Climate Policy Faces Bankruptcy
Friday, 05 March 2010
The European Union's development chief may be forced to name and shame France, Germany and Italy for not living up to their aid commitments, contributing to a roughly $17 billion funding gap this... Read more...
Friday, 05 March 2010
The European Union's development chief may be forced to name and shame France, Germany and Italy for not living up to their aid commitments, contributing to a roughly $17 billion funding gap this... Read more...
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India Okays Conditional Association With Copenhagen Accord
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
After three months of confabulation within the government, India on Tuesday allowed a conditional association of its name with the Copenhagen Accord. The accord, which had been negotiated by 29... Read more...
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
After three months of confabulation within the government, India on Tuesday allowed a conditional association of its name with the Copenhagen Accord. The accord, which had been negotiated by 29... Read more...