SPAIN has business leakage, California has banned all coal-based electricity, cap and trade creates vested interests in property rights – these are some of the issues economist Alan Moran reports on in his summary of the recent Climate Change … [Read more...] about Economist Reports on Climate Conference in New York
Climate & Climate Change
Plane found Under 90 metres of Ice
AFTER about ninety minutes of flying through dense cloud cover, the coastal mountains appeared through an opening. But where on the west coast were they ... they were back on the east coast of Greenland... fuel would only last another twenty … [Read more...] about Plane found Under 90 metres of Ice
Reflections following Climate Change Conference in NY
After spending time at the largest gathering of world class climatologists, meteorologists, physicists, engineers, and economists, among other very brainy folks, I came away with the feeling that the battle remains joined by this hearty group, … [Read more...] about Reflections following Climate Change Conference in NY
Time for Plan B: Adaptation to Climate Change
The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s plan of prevention has been trialled by combining regulation under the Kyoto Protocol with the dissuasive powers of a carbon dioxide trading system, for instance in Europe. From this … [Read more...] about Time for Plan B: Adaptation to Climate Change
US Cap n Trade Legislation Unlikely to Pass
US Senator Kent Conrad said that it would be a “distant hope” to expect the climate change plan to pass unless it includes help for industries that would be hit hard by limits on carbon emission production. Read more here. … [Read more...] about US Cap n Trade Legislation Unlikely to Pass
Sceptics Conference in New York, Day 2
James Taylor, in introducing the breakfast speakers, noted his regret that Mr Al Gore and Dr James Hansen had been unable to attend the conference. Read more from Bob Carter here. … [Read more...] about Sceptics Conference in New York, Day 2
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
