BBC NEWS | Kent | Chimney vandals 'not vandals'

Six Greenpeace activists charged with causing criminal damage in a protest in Kent are not "unthinking vandals", a jury at Maidstone Crown Court heard.

`Korea Not to Be Subject to CO2 Emission Limits` (but they evidently can exchange highly questionable CO2 credits for real money)

Despite increasing pressure from the international community to accept cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, Korea is expected to be excluded from the list of nations subject to mandatory limits on CO2 emissions under the post-Kyoto Protocol regime beginning in 2013.

In an interview with The Dong-a Ilbo yesterday, Korea`s climate change ambassador Chung Rae-kwon said, “Korea decided to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a non-legally binding way in the second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol beginning in 2013.”
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If nations with mandatory reduction targets fail to deliver on their promises, they must buy a corresponding amount of emission credits from other countries. Even a target that sounds as simple as cutting emissions five percent below the 2000 level can cost more than four billion dollars a year.

Wind Energy’s Footprint (Think Concrete Galoshes)

...since each turbine base uses 439 tons of concrete: 8,346,707 tons of concrete.