Tuesday, August 11, 2009

[Another $2.4 billion to be blown on climate fraud]: Coal's Future Wagered on Carbon Capture - washingtonpost.com
The purpose: capturing carbon dioxide emissions and stashing them in underground rock formations -- a critical part of the global effort to slow climate change. This is the technique that promoters say will make coal "clean" and critics say is an expensive pipe dream.

The stimulus bill devoted $2.4 billion to pilot projects.
Twitter / Ben Garside
Will Australia go to the polls solely on how to tackle climate change? Govt can't pass their #carbon trading scheme thru parliament...
Ireland plans climate change bill
The Irish government has said it will draw up a law tying the country to carbon cuts in what is being seen as a concession to Greens in parliament.

The Irish Climate Change Bill is expected to set legally-binding targets for national carbon emissions for years to come, along the same lines as those already in place in the UK.
[Braintrust]: Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Harry Reid, Boone Pickens At Energy Summit 2.0
President Bill Clinton is showing T. Boone Pickens a tablet of wet paper and sawdust manufactured by Haitians as a cost effective cooking alternative to charcoal.

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