World Environment News - Time For A Fair Discussion On Black Soot - Planet Ark

The reach of the soot is not too spread-out (unlike other GHGs), so how global is this mud-stove- replacement solution going to be? I have not forgotten Delhi's commendable efforts on setting local standards for PM that were stricter than national ones to ameliorate its 'fourth most-polluted city in the world' problem. But is it even fair to ask some small village (that makes but a tiny contribution to GHG emissions) to alter its lifestyle fundamentally so that major polluters can continue their ways unchanged?

Yes, the planet’s future is a worry, but we’ll carry on flying, consumers tell opinion poll - Times Online

Even consumers who care about the environment are not willing to fly less and are sceptical about the benefits of carbon-offsetting, a poll for The Times has found.

Only 38 per cent of concerned consumers said that they would take fewer flights in the next 12 months, down from 46 per cent last year, while just 10 per cent believe that offsetting is an effective way to tackle climate change, according to the Populus poll.

Global Warming Science and Public Policy - Scare by Ravaging Science Redux

Some American popular science journal editors like to take swipes at apparently allowable targets of anti-science like Kansas school board ignorers of Darwin’s theory of evolution, or the UFO guys, who are probably rightly categorized for being nuts – if of a loveable sort. But these editors hide under their chairs when global warming by any means other than “Al Gore’s as usual” comes up. This is never so obvious as when popular nature science magazines politely turn away provocative articles that would open up the freer exchange of ideas. Why?

Al Gore and his potent decentralized and in many cases paid lobby, appointed by him into the U.S. government bureaucracy or anywhere outside it, don’t want any freer exchanges of ideas here. Here the 1st Amendment does not apply for Americans, as Mr. Gore and his followers amply demonstrate by their collar-grabbing tactics with scientists, science writers, editors, journalists, popularizers, and curious students who “won’t listen.” (The many who do are amply rewarded in the group.) Just make sure you’ve purchased your carbon credits (ie, the right to “pollute”) like Mr. Gore already has, which might possibly mean your right to breathe. (Wait a second! He’s a millionaire! What’s it going to cost the regular Joe like you?)