Archive for March 5th, 2008
Meeting Marc Morano
Posted by jennifer, March 5th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: People, Reports, Conferences
Comments: 1
A highlight of The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change for me was meeting Marc Morano.
He is a former journalist with CNS, reporter and producer for the Rush Limbaugh Television Show and also American Investigator. Now communications director for the Republicans on the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in Washinton amongst [...]
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Breakfast with Czech President Vaclav Klaus
Posted by jennifer, March 5th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change, Economics, People, Reports, Conferences
Comments: 17
The 500-strong contingent of skeptics currently in New York for The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change were up early for a second day. Breakfast was again at 7am and the first speaker was given a standing ovation – a man who had travelled all the way from Prague, the President of the Czech [...]
The ‘NIPCC’ Report 2008: Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate
Posted by Paul, March 5th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 26
Fred Singer is editor of the ‘Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change’ (NIPCC) summary for policymakers report, released on 3rd March at the NY Climate Conference, entitled: ‘Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate.’
It can be downloaded here from the Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) website.
‘Plantstones’ Could Allow Farmers to Claim Carbon Credits
Posted by Paul, March 5th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Food & Farming
Comments: 8
Grasses such as wheat and sorghum can store large amounts of carbon in microscopic balls of silica, called phytoliths. Phytoliths, also known as plantstones or plant opals, are formed in and around the cell wall of many plant species replicating the cell wall shape and encapsulating the inner organic content. These silica bodies are deposited [...]

