FT.com / Weekend columnists / Tim Harford - Trust me – we have a serious carbon credibility problem

Another proposal, by the economists Warwick McKibbin and Peter Wilcoxen, is more informal: governments should auction off long-term permits to emit carbon dioxide – a ton a year, forever, or at least for decades. The owners of these assets would then constitute a lobby group for high and stable carbon prices. There is something Frankensteinian about the idea of manufacturing a pro-carbon-tax lobby group, but it’s a clever solution. For now, I am more concerned at how few people seem to recognise the nature of the carbon credibility problem.

Obama: From Savior to Leftist Windbag in Nine Months

The cap and trade energy legislation meant to cut greenhouse gas emissions is the persona non grata of Congress since being passed in the House in June. There has been barely a mention of it since, most likely because it’s never going to pass the Senate. During a time when the planet is cooling because of changes in the solar output, regulating CO2 is starting to look crazy to the majority of Americans, especially during of the worst recession in 30 years.

Wind farms cause decline in bird population - RSPB - Telegraph

Wind farms can reduce bird numbers by up to half, according to a new study by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, that raises questions about the charity's support of the new technology.