BBC NEWS | Health | 1970s lifestyle protects planet

Getting back to the relatively slim, trim days of the 1970s would help to tackle climate change, researchers say.

Scoop: People selling wind energy claim that wind energy is great!

Global wind energy experts show NZ what it is missing
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“New Zealand is stuck in the doldrums, missing the opportunity to sail into a sustainable future powered by renewable wind energy,” says New Zealand Wind Energy Association Chief Executive Fraser Clark.

Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council and Fernando Caller, General Manager Asia Pacific of Iberdrola Renovables – the world’s leading wind energy generator and the fourth largest electricity company – are visiting New Zealand this week to address the 2009 New Zealand Wind Energy Conference, in Wellington on 21 and 22 April.
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“When two noted global experts tell us what we are missing out on, we should pay attention,” says Mr Clark. “The need for policy certainty is not lost on the New Zealand industry.”

Tony Blair Incorporated: Stereotypical high-flying anti-fossil fuel crusader

No other retired statesman has made so much cash so quickly after leaving office.
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At the last count, Mr Blair employed 82 people to run his ventures: a religious foundation, charities raising money for sport, Africa and the fight against climate change, and of course his permanent office at the American Colony hotel in Jerusalem, where he is an international envoy to the Palestinian territories.

And to shuttle between his activities, Mr Blair (who was denied the presidential-style personal airliner he craved during his time in office) has taken to renting a Gulfstream V executive jet, which costs up to £80,000 for a typical three-day round trip.

Laurie David, Gulfstream liberal

Laurie David, the Hollywood activist and wife of Larry David of Curb Your Enthusiasm, was branded a "Gulfstream liberal" in the Atlantic Monthly earlier this year for criticizing fuel-guzzling SUVs while flying in private jets.

Climate Change Fraud - Because the debate is not over - Hannity's America: Al Gore's Gulfstream Jet

That Video Of Al "Carbon Neutral" Gore Boarding A Private Chartered Gulfstream Jet