From the Chicago Tribune: Reporting on global warming not clean, simple So NBC's "Today" show has unveiled big plans for next month to jet its stars to the far reaches of the planet -- Matt Lauer in the Arctic, Al Roker at the Equator and Ann Curry … [Read more...] about Climate Air Miles for NBC’s ‘Today’ Show
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UN Security Council: Libya In; Czech Republic Out
From The Times of India: Libya joins UN Security Council after leaving US terrorist list UNITED NATIONS: Libya won a seat on the UN Security Council, just over a year after the US removed the north African nation from the list of state sponsors of … [Read more...] about UN Security Council: Libya In; Czech Republic Out
The Science of Climate Change Doesn’t Matter
Local Transport Today (LTT) is a UK local authority magazine for transport professionals. The latest issue has a 3 page interview with two prominent members of the recently re-branded anti-car/anti-roads organisation 'Transport 2000,' funded by the … [Read more...] about The Science of Climate Change Doesn’t Matter
China’s Inconvenient Truth
From today's Times: China’s drive for wealth means end of our low-carbon dreams Hu Jintao wants to make every Chinese twice as rich by 2020. He has done it once – in just five years, income per capita doubled to $2,000 (£983) - and the only … [Read more...] about China’s Inconvenient Truth
Wait-a-while Cricket
Introducing the Spiny-legged Rainforest Katydid (Phricta spinosa), known colloquially as the wait-a-while cricket. It is a cryptic rainforest species with a lichen-like camouflaged colour pattern. It can grow to about 100 mm in body length. It is … [Read more...] about Wait-a-while Cricket
Inconvenient Truths about the UN’s Global Warming Panel: A Note from David Hendersen
Governments across the world are mishandling climate-change issues. Policies to curb ‘greenhouse-gas’ emissions too often take the form of costly specific regulations, rather than a general price-based incentive such as a carbon tax. More … [Read more...] about Inconvenient Truths about the UN’s Global Warming Panel: A Note from David Hendersen