Speakers hot under collar- Local Cairns News | cairns.com.au

THE world's largest conservation group and a climate change sceptic locked horns last night in a bitter global warming showdown.

Almost 100 people packed the top floor of The Hotel Cairns' Plantation Bar to hear Prof Ian Plimer's lecture on why climate change is a myth.

But it was the World Wildlife Fund's presence which changed the climate of the night and provoked a backlash from some green guests.

Tensions reached boiling when a guest jumped out of his chair to accuse Prof Plimer of hypocrisy and even said: "Are you going to come and punch me in the face."
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"Well it's interesting to meet somebody in an evidence free zone," Prof Plimer said.

"The greens are ideologically driven, they have no scientific underpinning to their view."

Tar-Sands Oil Pollutes Less Than Thought, Report Says (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Tar-sands oil from Canada, the biggest supplier to the U.S., is cleaner than previously calculated, according to an Alberta government report that may benefit producers Nexen Inc. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc.

Japan Denies Buying ‘Hot Air’ to Meet Kyoto Target (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

The selling price was about 6.05 euros a metric ton, according to a document on the Slovak Environment Ministry’s Web site. That’s less than half the benchmark prices for similar Kyoto credits at the end of 2008.
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Russia and Ukraine have the biggest potential stockpile of credits among the nations with Kyoto emissions limits. Russia’s 3.3 billion AAUs are valued at about $60 billion based on yesterday’s CER price. Ukraine’s 1.5 billion credits are valued at about $27 billion.