Jennifer Marohasy » Saving Australia’s Forests for Carbon: Valid Science or Green Activism?

Superficially, it may seem reasonable to cease timber production by placing all forests in national parks so they can grow old and store maximum levels of carbon. However, when considered in context with the natural prevalence of bushfire and the carbon-value of wood products, it would be counter-productive to the effort to mitigate climate change.

It had been hoped that the 2009 “Black Saturday” bushfires would finally show environmental activists that fire – not timber harvesting and regeneration – is the ultimate arbiter of Australia’s forests. Sadly, their forest carbon campaign shows they have learnt nothing.

Mark Poynter, Melbourne

CGIAR Climate Change Blog: Connecting Agricultural and Environmental Science to the Climate Change Agenda

The Centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and their partners generate a wealth of knowledge that can better enable rural people in developing countries to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts. The purpose of this blog is to help bring such knowledge to light, so it can better serve global efforts to cope with climate change.

Interview With U.S. House Candidate Thad Wasson

Would you have voted for the cap and trade bill? No, I wouldn’t have. It puts our energy prices on the open market for anyone to manipulate, and we’re having problems with foreign nations or even a hedge fund controlled by a foreigner, they can play games with that.

There is also a lot of profit to be made by certain people and groups who control “green” products, and such legislation creates millions of new customers for them.

The American Spectator : The Conservative Comeback

I believe of all the items mentioned in Mr. Ferrara's list of particulars none will hit every home as hard as the so-called "cap and trade" disaster. The messiah himself calmly predicted it could easily double electricity costs and possibly wipe out the coal industry.