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Nillumbik Shire, one of the areas that suffered the worst casualties in these fires, last year explained why it wasn’t keen on burning off the fuel piling up so lethally in its forests:

Council believes there should be consideration of greenhouse gas pollution produced from undertaking such burns and the possible contributions to climate change. There may be alternative methods for reducing fire risk to assets such as sensitive slashing or fine fuel removal in firebreak areas.

Edinburgh shivers during one of the coldest-ever Februarys - Edinburgh Evening News

IT'S official – Edinburgh is in the midst of one of the coldest Februarys on record, and the icy conditions are set to stay with us for up to a month.

CD’s Best of the Web / Climate Change Pollyannas :Global Warming For Dummies, by Elizabeth May and Zoë Caron

“The more you know about both climate change and energy, the less moderate you are.” Joseph Romm, Editor, climateprogress.org

Carbon tax or cap-and-trade? The debate we never had « BraveNewClimate.com

At the outset, when State and Federal Governments were considering which approach would best deliver National emissions reductions, they should have explained the basic advantages and disadvantages in of the two likely contenders being a carbon emissions tax (carbon tax) or the cap and trade approach, in an open and transparent manner. At the end of this post I provide a ‘pros and cons’ table comparing these two alternatives.