Selwyn Duke: India Throws Monkey Wrench into West's Global Warming Agenda

For people on my side, this is only good news. With major players Russia and China, burgeoning India, and the Czech Republic all happily committing climate-change heresy, there is perhaps a chance that Al Gore and his acolytes will run out of hot air. As for our opponents, someday soon their alarm may be displaced by disappointment, for it's not easy when your god dies. But they should look at the positive. If my side is correct, the climate will be as God intended, the world will not be ended, and they may be able to craft a new brand of detente, commiserating with some very crestfallen, and cold, Russians.

Calif. farmers say feds make drought worse - USATODAY.com

Here in the state's biggest farming region, fingers are pointing at the government, not nature.

"As California standards go, this is not a drought," says Bill Diedrich, a Firebaugh farmer and director of a water district. "It is the pumping restrictions."

The federal restrictions arise from environmental suits brought under the Endangered Species Act that argue pulling water out of the delta harms fish. A federal judge in 2007 ordered new biological studies and restrictions on water pumped out of the delta for farmers.

Accelerating Carbon Sequestration in Alberta - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Pumping carbon dioxide into oil fields to help squeeze out more oil has “great potential,” the report said, but comes with high upfront costs.

Desert Sun: Acciona Wants in on Desertec Solar Project - Environmental Capital - WSJ

But it’s not cheap: The World Resources Institute estimates that concentrated solar power can compete with coal when carbon prices hit $115 a ton—an eight-fold increase over current prices for carbon permits in Europe.

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) CO2 Budget Trading [Scam] - Auction Results

[6/17/09, for Auction Year 2012 - $2.06 a ton]