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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 April 20th, 2008

Solar Cycle and Sea Level Changes – A Correlation?

Posted by Paul, April 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
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I am reminded of a February 2007 post over at Climate Audit on a Simon Holgate sea level changes paper published in GRL, and a related poster presentation. Holgate claimed that sea levels rose more in the first half of the 20th century, than in the second half. The same could be said for [...]

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European Commission Cut from Reality? PR from Bellamy and Duchamp

Posted by Paul, April 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
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Three cheers ! At last the peddlers of doom have seen the light : bio-fuels do displace food crops and rain forests !
Starving the poor and destroying biodiversity to give us good conscience as we pour cereal-based ethanol into our tanks is not a smart thing to do. Even Greenpeace admitted it, while avoiding [...]

Scottish Skiing Enjoys Best Spring Snow in Living Memory

Posted by Paul, April 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
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Rumours of the demise of Scottish skiing are beginning to look greatly exaggerated.
While many Alpine resorts have closed for the season, thousands of skiers are still enjoying perfect conditions in the Highlands.
Scotland’s five resorts have struggled for more than 15 years with the effects of global warming, and several have diversified into summer tourism. The [...]