Winter and economy chilling China quake zone | International | Reuters

DUJIANGYAN, China, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Seven months after the Sichuan earthquake levelled wide swathes of southwest China, millions of victims are battling biting cold and a fast-cooling economy to rebuild their shattered lives.

‘Drivers think more about cheap petrol than climate change’ - WalesOnline

Almost nine out of 10 drivers in Wales have responded to the increased cost of fuel by changing their motoring habits, the RAC poll found. That compares to just 3% who have altered their driving behaviour out of concern for the environment – despite being inundated with information about the impact of human activity and fuel consumption on climate change.
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Gordon James, director of Friends of the Earth Cymru, said the latest evidence showed drivers need to be made more aware of petrol and diesel emissions’ impact on the environment.

Climate inquiry will look at science theory - Hide

ACT leader Rodney Hide believes a parliamentary inquiry into climate change policy will get the chance to question the science that says human behaviour is responsible for global warming.

Dominic Lawson: Kyoto is worthless (and you don't have to be a sceptic to believe that now)

This fabricated market in carbon has at its heart the UN's Clean Development Mechanism. This is how the EU, which had an obligation under Kyoto to reduce its emissions by two per cent by 2012, has managed to claim success while actually increasing its emissions by 13 per cent. By purchasing so called "offsets" from countries such as China, Britain, for example, proclaims itself a "leader in the fight against climate change".

Most of this is entirely fraudulent, in the sense that the Chinese have been paid billions to destroy particular atmospheric pollutants, such as CFC-23, which have actually been manufactured in order to be destroyed – and for no other purpose. This is hardly surprising: if something is accorded a price (especially a fixed one) then companies will queue up to produce it.