Jennifer Marohasy » Top Issues November - Not Climate Change

According to polling in Australia by Graham Young: climate change has dropped significantly in importance as an issue along with other environmental issues including ”water”. Read more here.

Ethanol and Its Discontents - Drew Thornley - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Corn ethanol is a failed experiment; and, unlike the alleged “consensus” on anthropogenic global warming, the acceptance of ethanol’s folly is becoming more and more widespread. Why? Because we’re not talking centuries-hence computer projections and doomsday scenarios but rather actual results (or lack thereof), wasted subsidies, land clearing and its resulting carbon debt, an energy-inferior fuel, and harm to global food prices.

"Fox News Finally Admitting There May Be Some Truth to Global Warming" / Jossip

Guess we'll never know if Foxnews.com caved under pressure from advertisers, producers, or just plain general consensus: Either way, the news giant is now going the way of Huffington Post in their creation of a Green Initiative webpage that highlights articles about global warming and that ubiquitous "climate change."

…Of course, that doesn't change the fact that the one poll on the site asks "Is climate change real?" and 67% of the respondents replied "No."

S.F. fliers may pay their way in carbon usage

Environmentally conscious travelers flying out of San Francisco International Airport will soon be able to assuage their guilt and minimize the impact of their air travel by buying certified carbon offsets at airport kiosks.

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This is the definition of absurd

June '08: Denver's carbon offset program suspended

Denver International, which is one of the first airports to consider a carbon offset program for travelers, is pausing the plan for now due to lack of interest from vendors. Last year, a local group of environmental experts recommended the program, and the airport has been shopping for a company to run it. "We weren't exactly thrilled with what was laid out in the initial proposal. We're taking a step back," airport spokesman Jeff Green says.