The EU is all about Continentalism - Copenhagen will enshrine protectionism.

The EU wants every country to agree to extreme greenhouse gas reductions - so that when those countries don't reach those goals they would be restricted with trade penalties.

The fact that the EU will not commit to a contribution for poor countries exposes the true nature of this diplomatic effort.


Climate change deal under threat as Europe fails to 'put money on the table'


European Union leaders have failed to agree a financial deal for measures to combat climate change, despite a plea from the UN for a breakthrough in negotiations.
 
However, although EU leaders agreed the world should pay around £90 billion a year by 2020, they failed to pledge a certain amount from Europe. Only £45 billion of the global fund would come from public money and the rest would be from the private sector through carbon trading. Read More.

Putting the 'mental' in environmental by LORRIE GOLDSTEIN

With the huge UN climate change conference in Copenhagen to come up with a successor treaty to the Kyoto Accord now just 40 days away -- it starts Dec. 7 -- you'd think its supporters would be praising Kyoto's environmental achievements by now.

After all, if you want 190 nations to continue the ... uh ... "fight" against global warming, shouldn't its advocates be citing its many successes?  Read more.

Sooo, Things aren't going to change much after all

10 to 1 that this guy nabs a juicy grant to research this potential catastrophy.

Climate change will devastate Africa, top UK scientist warnsProfessor Sir Gordon Conway warns continent will face intense droughts, famine, disease and floods
One of the world's most influential scientists has warned that climate change could devastate Africa, predicting an increase in catastrophic food shortages.

Professor Sir Gordon Conway, the outgoing chief scientist at the UK's Department for International Development, and former head of the philanthropic Rockefeller Foundation, argued in a new scientific paper (pdf) that the continent is already warming faster than the global average and that people living there can expect more intense droughts, floods and storm surges. Read more.

Who benefits from Climate Change Hysteria?

There are many who expect to make a killing on Climate Change legislation. The battle lines are drawn and taxpayers are caught in the middle.

Economics of climate change in forefront

Senate panel takes up bill, setting stage for fight over estimates
For a decade or more, the political battle over climate change has been fought largely over the validity of the science of global warming. But Tuesday, as the Environment and Public Works Committee opened its first hearing on a Senate climate change bill, those concerns took a rear seat to a different issue: the potential economic impact of climate change.

And the scene was set for a battle over best estimates. Read more.

EU - Seeks new ways to invoke protectionism

Many in the EU see a climate change treaty as another tool that can be used to bolster their bloated government controlled economies.

EU leaders seek treaty, climate change deals
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders hope to reach a deal at a summit this week removing the last obstacles to a treaty to give the bloc more global clout, but face a battle over funding for a global climate change agreement.
Failure to break the deadlock would risk leaving the 27-country bloc looking impotent when it is trying to strengthen its role on the world stage and the influence of emerging powers such as China is growing following the economic crisis. Read more.

Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt - Spread the FUD

Here is another fear story with the key word being "may" when used to describe potential disaster. We have to start asking who benefits from this kind of fearmongering.

Australia coastal living at risk
About 80% of Australians live in coastal areas
Australia may have to force people to evacuate coastal areas as rising sea levels threaten thousands of homes, an official report has warned. Read more.

Energy Dept. Aid for Scientists on the Edge

This is why scientists promote man made global warming - the Government Grants!
How can you suck millions of dollars from taxpayers if there is no crisis?

WASHINGTON — The federal Energy Department will make good on a pledge for a bolder technology strategy on Monday, awarding research grants for ideas like bacteria that will make gasoline, enzymes that will capture carbon dioxide to counter global warming and batteries so cheap that they will allow the use of solar power all night long. Read more.

Climate Alarmists: Understandable Motivations, Unknowable Results

On October 7, hordes of business executives prepped at the White House and then descended on (ascended to?) the Congress in support of climate change legislation. The thrust of their presentation was that cap and trade would stimulate the economy — particularly the economies of the companies for which they work.

Without even getting into dubious economic stuff, who would benefit financially or politically, or whether United States enactment of climate change legislation is needed to help President Obama confirm his humble place on the world stage, a useful preliminary question is whether any climate change legislation would have a beneficial impact on, well, the climate. Read more.

’Nullius in verba’

Advice we should all heed.

The Royal Society's motto 'Nullius in verba', roughly translated as 'Take nobody's word for it', dates back to 1663, and is an expression of the determination of the Fellows to withstand the domination of authority (such as in Scholasticism) and to verify all statements by an appeal to facts determined by experiment. The Latin words (see below) are taken from a passage of Horace in which the poet compares himself to a gladiator, who, having earned peace and retirement, is free from control. Read more.

The real climate change catastrophe

In a startling new book, Christopher Booker reveals how a handful of scientists, who have pushed flawed theories on global warming for decades, now threaten to take us back to the Dark Ages

Next Thursday marks the first anniversary of one of the most remarkable events ever to take place in the House of Commons. For six hours MPs debated what was far and away the most expensive piece of legislation ever put before Parliament.


The Climate Change Bill laid down that, by 2050, the British people must cut their emissions of carbon dioxide by well over 80 per cent. Short of some unimaginable technological revolution, such a target could not possibly be achieved without shutting down almost the whole of our industrialised economy, changing our way of life out of recognition. Read more.

Send your money - A Indulgence for your Guilt

This is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on humanity. Its the Nigerian scam on steroids – The West is being asked to transfer its wealth to corrupt, backward and hostile regimes all over the world. All for absolutely nothing in return!
 International day of demonstrations on climate change Read more. The Sheep are angry.

India and China agree to united front on climate change

The posturing has begun for Copenhagen - India and China now agree that they have a pollution problem and that they are going to do nothing substantial about it. The agreement to look at the problem together however will be sold as a great step forward and therefore should undermine the West's contention that these two polluters aren't doing much to help. The calls for increased wealth transfers will climb to hysterical heights.
India and China's climate-change pact, signed Wednesday, will boost developing nations' bargaining power at the critical Copenhagen talks in December. Read more.

Get Ready for more of this - There is no debate for these people.

Pick an arbitrary number like 350 and rally round. These people do not care that reaching 350 PPM of co2 will only create hardship with no corresponding benefit.

About 100 environmental campaigners have gathered outside the Scottish Parliament to call for decisive action against climate change.

Organisers said they were joining participants in more than 150 countries across the world for the International Day of Climate Action. Read and have a good laugh.

Climate Bill will extract heavy cost for no discernable benefit.

Senate's climate bill a bit more ambitious

Early version would cap carbon allowance prices -- and deficit

Climate legislation took a small step forward late Friday night as Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) issued a version that includes big benefits for farmers, provisions for deficit reduction and a ceiling on carbon prices.

The proposal, sponsored by Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Boxer, calls for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to a level 20 percent below 2005 emissions, a more ambitious target than the 17 percent set in a climate measure approved by the House in June. Read more.

Climate Change Shenanigans & Why You May Have To Send A Check To A Family In Paraguay Every Month

The Trifecta crew examines the possible effects of Obama signing a Copenhagen accord.  Watch the video.

We can afford to save the planet?

Yes we can if we stop wasting money on trying to stop climate change and focus our efforts on adapting and overcoming problems with ideas and technology.

Stories like this one in the Washington Post are trying to guilt trip us down the wrong path - but the question is a good one. Read more.

There May Be No Coping with Copenhagen

Obama’s signature on a climate treaty in December could irretrievably compromise American sovereignty.
In December, Obama may — emphasis may — make another visit to Copenhagen. If he does, watch out, as the stakes will be far greater than the well-being of a single city. What appears to hang in the balance is nothing less than the future of our country’s ability to determine its own destiny. Read more.

Closing the Window on the Left

The Transition to Hydrogen fuel – The window of opportunity for the Left - I wrote this back in 2005 and I still believe it applies today. Read it.

Video:Water as Fuel

While academia has been spurning the topic, hundreds, if not thousands of hobbyists and independent investigators worldwide are working on various electrolysis-like projects which put out more energy than was required to run the electrolysis unit. Watch Video.

Do it your-self electrolysis - Dangerously Fun

Electrolysis is the use of electricity to separate elements or compounds. Here the objective is to separate water into hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. This project can become dangerous if you decide to collect the gases. You won’t get pure oxygen unless your battery has platinum electrodes, but you can collect a sample of hydrogen gas. Hydrogen burns easily in air (Hindenburg) and burns vigorously with a clear flame when mixed with oxygen (space shuttle main engines). Read more.