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Scientist Steve Schneider Flips Fears
On the TV show In Search Of…The Coming Ice Age, Steven Schneider wonders whether mankind should intervene in staving off a coming ice age.  Watch the old footage on YouTube here. (24)

Australian Liberals Oppose Carbon Trading
Australian Opposition Leader (Malcolm Turnbull) will be forced to stare down more than two-thirds of the Liberal back bench if he proceeds with his plan to negotiate with the government over amendments to the emissions trading scheme before December’s Copenhagen climate change conference.   Read more here. (2)

Not Evil Just Wrong
Buy the DVD by clicking on the flashing icon above. (1)

Climate Change Summit in New York
In New York… Chinese leader Hu Jintao … U.S. President Barack Obama more or less shuffled climate control policy off into the great dreamscape of unattainable plans and long range objectives. Like equality for all and peace in our time …  Terence Corcoran, Financial Post (1)

Minerals Industry Now Complaining
THE [Australian] minerals industry has demanded [the Prime Minister] Kevin Rudd overhaul his proposed emissions trading system or risk smashing Australian jobs and the nation’s industrial competitiveness.  Read more here. (1)

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Archive for October 16th, 2007

Who’d Buy a Property by the Sea?

It was claimed in ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ that sea levels could rise by up to 20 feet in the ‘near future’ due to melting ice sheets. Anyone who believed such a claim wouldn’t really be expected to buy a property near San Francisco Bay, would they?
Well, in 2005, Al Gore purchased a multi-million dollar [...]

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Using Arctic Mud to Extend Sea Ice Records

There’s an interesting story on the BBC website: Arctic muds reveal sea ice record
A new technique to track changes in the extent of Arctic sea ice over the past 1,000 years is being developed by a UK team from the University of Plymouth.
There is little in the way of sea ice records before satellite [...]

Inconvenient Chemicals in Apple’s iPhone?

According to a new report by Greenpeace, Apple’s iPhone may contain potentially hazardous chemicals. Read the full report entitled ‘Missed Call: iPhone’s hazardous chemicals’
Article here in Accountancy Age.
Something else for Apple Board member Al Gore to tackle?
Apple’s environmental policy is here.

Monckton to Send TGGWS Film to UK Schools

From The Times:
Please, sir – Gore’s got warming wrong
THE tormentors of Al Gore, who last week won a legal victory against his film, An Inconvenient Truth, are to step up their battle by sending British secondary schools a documentary attacking the science of global warming.
and The Independent:
Climate deniers to send film to British schools
Secondary [...]

Plea for Seal Hunt to Continue: A Letter from Quebec to Paris

The President of the Republic,
Palais de l’Elysée, Paris, France.
Mr. President,
In a letter dated April 25 last to the officers of the Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Mr. Alain Auvé, Technical Advisor to Ms. Nelly Olin, then Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, confirmed that the President [...]