[Alarmist] Wirth [promotes climate fraud] to energy execs at COGA conference - Denver Business Journal:

Calling his own speech “extreme words,” Tim Wirth, a former U.S. senator from Colorado and now head of the United Nations Foundation, told natural gas executives Wednesday they are running out of time to position their industry as part of the solution to climate change.

“You don’t have the right to sit back and do nothing [about climate change],” Wirth told a crowd of nearly 2,000 people at the Colorado Convention Center, responding to a question about what the industry should do about climate change legislation in the U.S. Congress. “We are in very deep trouble, the edge of catastrophe, and you can help.”

UPDATE 1-Pakistan petrol prices back up after tax reimposed | Markets | Reuters

ISLAMABAD, July 9 (Reuters) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari ordered the reintroduction of a petroleum levy on Thursday, to make up for revenue lost when a court order forced the government to abandon a separate new carbon tax a day before.

Why it would [allegedly] be naive to abandon emissions negotiation at Copenhagen | Jim Watson | Environment | guardian.co.uk

A new breed of climate sceptic is becoming more common. This new breed is not sceptical of the science, but of the policy response. The latest example is a new report by a group of leading academics: How to get climate policy back on course. It questions the approach to climate change action within the United Nations negotiations. Rather than the current approach that emphasises targets for emissions reductions, the report advocates support for low-carbon and energy-efficient technologies (PDF).