“Houston Chronicle” Editorial: A Global-Warming Scare Story — MasterResource

Wow. Could the Houston Chronicle have fit more distortions about climate change into a 420-word editorial than it managed to do in its January 25th piece, “The heat is on: New data debunk claims that global warming is hype”? It’s hard to figure out how...

Wind Watch: Chill wind as companies pull out of projects

The UK is losing its attraction for renewable energy generators, putting future energy security and the government’s climate change targets in jeopardy, Lord Smith has told the Financial Times in an interview.

The chairman of the Environment Agency said he was concerned about several recent announcements from big energy companies that they were reconsidering plans for offshore wind farms.
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Lord Smith added that the UK needed “serious investment” in research and development into renewable technologies, to avoid being left behind by Germany and the US. He pointed to tidal energy, saying the UK could be a world leader: “We are a nation surrounded by tides – it’s obvious.” But a tidal power industry would only grow up if the government provided the right incentives, he warned.

Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Ten Things You Can Do To Save The Planet

4. Crush a Third World Economic Development Movement. One of the most pressing threats facing our environment is rising income in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. A generation ago these proud little dark people were happily frolicking in the rain forest, foraging for organic foods amid the wonders of nature. Today, corrupted by wealth, they are demanding environmentally hazardous consumer goods like cars and air conditioning and malaria medicine. You can do your part to stop this dangerous consumerism trend by supporting environmentally progressive leaders like Hugo Chavez and Robert Mugabe, and their programs for sustainable low-impact ecolabor camps.

FT.com / Global Economy - UN chief to head global warming push

Ban Ki-moon will spearhead a United Nations push to tackle climate change and call an unprecedented meeting of world leaders to take a new look at the issue.

Building on the momentum of the inauguration of Barack Obama as US president, the UN secretary-general hopes to convene a meeting of 30 to 40 heads of state in February or March to draw up a new framework for tackling the issue.
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But [Yvo de Boer] said any new agreement at Copenhagen would be very different to the Kyoto protocol, which was signed by the US in 1997 but never ratified. “The Kyoto protocol is so demonised in the US, I don’t see that as a home for moving forward.”