a forum for the discussion of issues concerning the natural environment
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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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Posted by Charlotte Ramotswe, January 1st, 2009 - under News.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change, Economics
The Church of England’s Church Commissioners have gone green, investing £150 million with former US Vice-President Al Gore’s environmentally minded investment firm, Generation Investment Management. Read more here.
Conspicuous virtue is its own reward. There will be little other reward from this malinvestment.
Al Gore has just taken a huge risk. He has guaranteed the world that the northern polar ice cap will be gone in five years. I couldn’t believe it either until I saw the video.
To view his comments on video, visit the following site:
http://www.hootervillegazette.com
then click on Mr. Gore’s pic.
Happy viewing. You might also want to visit the video section
of this site to view an informative movie on global warming.
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