Archive | Cap and Trade
Miracle in Massachusetts?
A special election will be held this week in Massachusetts that could determine the outcome of much of President Obama’s agenda. Republican candidate Scott Brown has stated he is opposed to the President’s cap-and-trade bill, which would cost the American taxpayer trillions of dollars. Democrats have controlled this senate seat for nearly 60 years, so […]
The Mini Ice Age Starts Here
By David Rose The bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere is only the start of a global trend towards cooler weather that is likely to last for 20 or 30 years, say some of the world’s most eminent climate scientists. Their predictions – based on an analysis of natural cycles in water temperatures […]
Karma Neutral
Carbon-Permit Slide Reflects Copenhagen Disappointment
GCS Editor’s note: This article reveals the true motivation behind the push for a “Copenhagen Protocol.” By Keith Johnson The failure of the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen to produce a strong, binding agreement to cut carbon-dioxide emissions sowed gloom in European carbon markets Monday, with prices for carbon-emissions permits falling more than 8%. […]
Is the European police state going global?
By Lord Christopher Monckton Today the gloves came off and the true purpose of the “global warming†scare became nakedly visible. Ugo Chavez, the Socialist president of Venezuela, blamed “global warming†on capitalism – and received a standing ovation from very nearly all of the delegates, lamentably including those from those of the capitalist nations […]
Barack Obama's speech disappoints and fuels frustration at Copenhagen
Obama’s Speech Disappoints Copenhagen Delegates US president offers no further commitment on reducing emissions or on finance to poor countries By Suzanne Goldenberg and Allegra Stratton Barack Obama stepped into the chaotic final hours of the Copenhagen summit today saying he was convinced the world could act “boldly and decisively” on climate change. But his […]
Copenhagen heading for meltdown as stalemate continues over emission cuts
UN fails in last-ditch efforts to get world leaders to commit to a maximum 2C rise as draft texts get weaker By Suzanne Goldenberg, John Vidal and Jonathan Watts The UN’s climate summit was heading for meltdown this afternoon with countries unable to agree on emission cuts and blaming each other for the descent towards […]
Lord Monckton reports on Pachauri’s eye opening Copenhagen presentation
By Lord Christopher Monckton In the Grand Ceremonial Hall of the University of Copenhagen, a splendid Nordic classical space overlooking the Church of our Lady in the heart of the old city, rows of repellent, blue plastic chairs surrounded the podium from which no less a personage than Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC, […]
Lord Monckton adresses a Greenpeace-campaigner on global warming
Carbon Trading Fraudsters in Europe Pocket $7 Billion
From the UK Telegraph Carbon trading fraudsters may have accounted for up to 90% of all market activity in some European countries, with criminals pocketing an estimated €5bn (£4.5bn) mainly in Britain, France, Spain, Denmark and Holland, according to Europol, the European law enforcement agency. The revelation caused embarrassment for European Union negotiators at the […]
Climategate: It's All Unravelling Now
By James Delingpole So many new developments: which story do we pick? Maybe best to summarise, instead. After all, it’s not like you’re going to find much of this reported in the MSM. 1. Australia’s Senate rejects Emissions Trading Scheme for a second time. Or: so turkeys don’t vote Christmas. Expect to see a lot […]
Carlin: The Politicization of the EPA — an Administration’s Radical Gamble
Alan Carlin — the EPA scientist whose skeptical report was hushed — thinks Obama and the EPA just placed a terrible bet with the politically motivated CO2 endangerment finding. Carlin has carried out or supervised economic and scientific research on public policy issues for over 40 years — first at The RAND Corporation, and since […]
Obama’s EPA to Bypass Congress, Regulate CO2 Without a Vote
Deliberately timed to coincide with the start of the United Nations’ climate conference in Copenhagen, the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday declared that carbon dioxide, a naturally occurring gas that’s essential to life on Earth, poses a threat to human health and welfare. This determination clears the way for the federal government to begin restricting […]
Copenhagen Climate Summit in Disarray after 'Danish Text' Leak
Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power to rich nations, sideline the UN’s negotiating role and abandon the Kyoto protocol By John Vidal The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked […]