Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The 30 greatest "conspiracy theories" part 2 - Telegraph
29. Global warming is a hoax

Some climate change doubters believe that man-made global warming is a conspiracy designed to soften up the world's population to higher taxation, controls on lifestyle and more authoritarian government. These sceptics cite a fall in global temperatures since last year and a levelling off in the rise in temperature since 1998 as evidence.
Your tax dollars at work: Montana State partnership receives $66.9M for carbon sequestration
BOZEMAN -- The U.S. Department of Energy on Monday awarded $66.9 million to the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership at Montana State University to fund a project that will inject a million tons of carbon dioxide into the sandstone rock layer beneath southwestern Wyoming.
British Energy chief: "We can't meet our climate change obligations without nuclear" - 19 Nov 2008 - BusinessGreen
The boss of nuclear operator British Energy yesterday urged the UK to "get on with" plans to build a new fleet of nuclear reactors, insisting that the country's soon to be legally binding emission reduction targets could not be met without it.

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