London: Climate change and extinction at The Royal Society (Monday April 27, 2009) - Upcoming

by Dr Richard Leakey FRS

Over one hundred years ago the first national parks were established in order that nature might be preserved for the enjoyment and benefit of the current and future generations. Today countless protected areas for biodiversity are maintained at huge public and private expense. The question we must consider is whether our protection strategies actually protect when the real threats are related to the current climate change.

Mounting evidence suggests that the parks are in fact very vulnerable and mass extinctions may be the consequence.

Beware. Ethical Man discovered | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

The BBC unleashes its Ethical Man, a reporter now leading the kind of life recommended by global warming activists - who decline to actually live it themselves.

After a year he takes stock. His wife is upset, his car gone, his children fed up, his holidays boring, his diet dull - and if he ever has to smell another hippy’s dung… But at least he can boast he’s cut his emissions by ... what? The look on his wife’s face is gold.
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UPDATE

If you think this green husband is hard to live with, try the one unearthed by (American) ABC’s Wife Swap:

You must pay so they may pray | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

What? It costs $3 million? Who’s mad enough to spend so much for so little?
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What a gravy train. Your cash, their conceit.

Age reader confused | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

From the letters page of today’s Age:

WHAT is the difference between an arsonist and a person who refuses to limit greenhouse gas emissions?

From Daniel:

One lights fires, the other fights liars.