Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Canada: Lunn dishes cash, barbs in whirlwind Island tour
However, [Natural Resources Minister Gary] Lunn didn't hold back on dishing out as much criticism as he did cash yesterday, taking his first public swipe at the B.C. Liberal government. He said the province's carbon tax is wrongheaded and won't achieve results in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.

"I'm saying I categorically disagree with the carbon tax," Lunn said. "I think it's fundamentally the wrong approach and I would say that to anyone who brings in that policy."
UN idiots continue to CO2 for natural disasters
1 September 2008 - As the world focuses on devastating floods in India and the latest hurricane threat to the southern United States, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for greater global leadership in tackling climate change, singling out the United States as having a particularly significant part to play.
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IPCC predictions are that extreme weather events, such as Hurricane Gustav and 2005's Hurricane Katrina, and the current floods that have rendered 1.2 million people homeless India's Bihar state, will continue to increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change, affecting more and more people and economies around the world.
At the link above, note the helpful illustrating photo of the mother and child in flood waters over waist deep.

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