climate change
Are 'Carbon Cowboys' Running Amok With Cap and Trade Speculation? by Stacy Feldman
On the island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, 20,000 acres of deforested land are supposedly being converted to a plantation with millions of super carbon-absorbing trees.
The People vs. Cap-and-Trade by James Hansen
The public is largely unaware of a momentous battle about to be fought in Washington. The stakes are enormous. Yet the public has not been well informed.
Ignorance of the matter derives in part from the fact that the conflict was initiated via the highly charged issue of climate change. Climate is complex. People have different opinions about the extent to which humans are causing climate change. Fundamental belief systems are involved and discussion can be emotional.
Blame the Smug Climate Warriors by Thaddeus Russell
Those of us who believe the globe has warmed and that it was caused at least in part by human beings have reason to fear the growing movement that dismisses global warming as a hoax. But we should also fear many of those who have convinced us that the problem is real.
“A Naked Form of Blackmail”: Naomi Klein on Secretary of State Clinton’s Proposal to Set Up $100 Billion Climate Aid Fund for Developing Countries by Amy Goodman
Secretary Clinton said the US would consider contributing to an international $100 billion annual climate aid fund for poorer nations beginning in 2020 if the Copenhagen talks resulted in a comprehensive deal. It is unclear how much money the US would give to the fund. Aid groups say the $100 billion would be insufficient. We speak with journalist Naomi Klein.
Crashing the Climate Party by Lloyd Grove
Phelim McAleer is a self-styled journalistic skeptic out to upend the global-warming consensus at the Copenhagen summit—if only he can dodge the incoming sandwiches aimed at his head.
It’s an open question whether the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen—where world leaders, including President Barack Obama, are attempting to strike a deal to curb industrial pollution and global warming—will produce tangible results.
What's Cap and Trade? A New Video Breaks it Down and Reveals the Plan as a Scam by Janet Redman (VIDEO)
Whether you listen to NPR or Rush Limbaugh, you've probably heard about climate change. And if you've heard about climate change, chances are you've also heard about "cap and trade." It's a scheme that tries to sell business-as-usual as a solution to global warming.
The Most Urgent Threat to World Peace Is … Canada by George Monbiot
When you think of Canada, which qualities come to mind? The world’s peace-keeper, the friendly nation, a liberal counterweight to the harsher pieties of its southern neighbor, decent, civilized, fair, well-governed? Think again. This country’s government is now behaving with all the sophistication of a chimpanzee’s tea party.
Canada Sets Aside Its Boreal Forest as Giant Carbon Vault by Suzanne Goldenberg
By banning logging, mining and oil drilling in an area twice the size of California, Canada is ensuring its boreal forests continue to soak up carbon
In the far north latitudes, buried within a seemingly endless expanse of evergreen forests, the authorities in Canada are building up one of the world's best natural defences against global warming.
Govt Threatens Tar Sands Activists with Anti-Terror Laws by Chris Arsenault
The provincial government in Alberta, Canada is threatening to unleash its counterterrorism plan if activists continue using civil disobedience to protest the tar sands, Canada's fastest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Global Warming or Global Cooling? A New Trend in Climate Alarmism by Dr. Dave Evans
Senator Steve Fielding recently asked the [Australian] Climate Change Minister Penny Wong why human emissions can be blamed for global warming, given that air temperatures peaked in 1998 and began a cooling trend in 2002, while carbon dioxide levels have risen five per cent since 1998. I was one of the four independent scientists Fielding chose to accompany him to visit the Minister.
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