RSS“Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Huhne admitted the massive expansion of wind farms across Britain – along with clean coal power stations – will send electricity and gas prices soaring” reports the Daily Mail. Will massive rises in energy prices affect Mr Huhne’s personal financial situation? It appears that the answer is probably not: [...]
David Cameron’s father-in-law is among rich landowners cashing in on Labour’s green subsidies, with a wind farm generating an estimated £3.5million a year on his country estate. Sir Reginald Sheffield, 63, who is worth at least £20million, splits the profits with the project’s developers. Around half of the income comes from a government scheme [...]
Source: National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC)
UN specialists are to look again at the contribution of meat production to climate change, after claims that an earlier report exaggerated the link. A 2006 report concluded meat production was responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions – more than transport. But a new analysis, presented at a major US science meeting, says the [...]
The Financial Times reports (only available to subscribers) that investment in energy infrastructure is being undermined by uncertainty over policy after the election: “Ernst & Young, the professional services firm, says that in the next three years energy companies must put £35bn-£50bn of investment in power stations, wind farms and gas storage, to hit government [...]
Conservative Party leader David Cameron is still trying to please Guardian readers, even though they are very unlikely to vote Conservative. Cameron did start to talk some sense on climate when he said, “If the environmental agenda becomes limited to well-suited politicians stepping out of aeroplanes on to tarmacs, telling people how to live their [...]
Today yet more “the polluter should pay” rhetoric is buzzing around the British policy domain. Everyone is waiting for Lord Smith, the Environment Agency’s chairman to suggest that individuals should be given an annual carbon ration and face financial penalties if they exceed it. The rationing scheme will be based around individuals being allocated a [...]
The Indian Environment Ministry has published a report (pdf) claiming that there is no greenhouse gas signal in the retreat of Indian glaciers. This isn’t the first time that the Indian government have issued an independent climate report that challenges the IPCC’s climate alarmism. I reported on the 2008 document entitled ‘National Action Plan on [...]
We’ve lost the numbers: CRU responds to FOIA requests. The Register
India will not accept any emission-reduction target – period. This is a non-negotiable stand. Jairam Ramesh, Indian Environment Minister, 30 June 2009. Financial Times, 1st July 2009. The European Union risks driving industry out of the region if it continues to push for deeper cuts in carbon dioxide emissions than other economies, according to the [...]
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New Booker Book: The Real Global Warming Disaster
Christopher Booker has a new book out entitled: The Real Global Warming Disaster: Is The Obsession With `Climate Change` Turning Out To Be The Most Costly Scientific Blunder In History?
Available from Amazon UK here:
More from Booker himself here. (1)
Why the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are Not Collapsing
Read the AIG News paper here. (1)
Global Warming Ate My Data
We’ve lost the numbers: CRU responds to FOIA requests.
The Register (3)
Climate Depot's Arctic Fact Sheet
Climate Depot Arctic Fact Sheet (for additional updates on the Arctic see new articles tagged Arctic) (0)
