ES: Greenhouses in Almeria are making the climate cooler

Intensive horticulture in the south of Spain has, in opposition to what was previously thought, a breaking effect on global warming. The researchers at the university of Almeria have come to this conclusion. The area around Almeria is, according to them, "the only place on earth where the temperature is falling".

Stop wasting time and save the planet, Mr Rudd | theage.com.au

YESTERDAY, thousands of Australians called on the Federal Government to drop its carbon pollution legislation and start large-scale investment in renewable energy. Here's why.

We are in a climate emergency, which demands emergency action. The speed and severity of global warming is exceeding even the worst predictions, leading many to suggest that greenhouse gas levels are already too high.

Climate Debate Shifts Down Under « Breakthrough Generation

As the Rudd Government’s proposed cap-and-trade scheme looks to be defeated in the Australian Senate, the Australian climate change debate has shifted: Cap-and-trade policies are now a political liability.

You Can’t Have It Both Ways | Coyote Blog

I cannot believe I actually have to write this, but apparently there are a number of folks in Washington and the media for which this will be a surprise. Specifically: A carbon tax or a cap-and-trade bill must either greatly increase prices of fossil fuels and the products of their combustion, or else they will have no impact on CO2 emissions. Placing a high cost on emissions, and then giving everyone with a modicum of lobbying power an exemption is not going to move the meter either. All the absurd talk of stimulation from new green jobs not-withstanding, either a climate bill imposes huge new costs or it has no real impact on emissions. One simply cannot get to an end point of obsoleting the entire US electrical generation and transportation infrastructures for free.

OK, I Give Up. Maybe Environmentalism is a Religion | Coyote Blog

I have generally rejected comparisons of global warming activism to religion as unproductive. But I give up. Apparently global warming activists are digging into the Catholic playbook and stealing shamelessly. Not satisfied with token acts of faith (e.g. sorting the recycling), indulgences (carbon offsets), and refusing to tolerate heresy, they have now adopted meat-free days of the week, switching only the day, from Friday to Monday. I can see the Catholic bumper sticker now – “the Catholic Church: Fighting Global Warming Since the Year 858″.