Astronaut, Targeting Drinking Water in Rwanda, Eyes Carbon [Swindle] Credits for Revenues - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

The Houston-based startup is currently providing solar-powered water purification systems — which filter rainwater with sand and ultraviolet light — at several secondary schools in Rwanda. In the initial phase, the systems, which cost $50,000 a piece, are subsidized by $1 million in grants from the Coca-Cola Foundation and the Global Water Challenge, a Washington-based business coalition.

But the company’s larger goal is to sell carbon reduction credits, and use the revenues to expand its operations.

"Real"Climate: Climate Cover-Up: A (Brief) Review

We often allude to the industry-funded attacks against climate change science, and the dubious cast of characters involved, here at RealClimate. In recent years, for example, we’ve commented on disinformation efforts by industry front groups such as the “Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and a personal favorite, The Heartland Institute, and by industry-friendly institutions such as the Wall Street Journal editorial board, and other media outlets that assist in the manufacture and distribution of climate change disinformation.

When it comes to the climate change disinformation campaign, we have choosen to focus on the intellectually bankrupt nature of the scientific arguments, rather than the political motivations and the sometimes intriguing money trail.

Judge to the EPA: Don’t Write Rules with Shaky Legal Foundations » The Foundry

The agency’s attempt to regulate carbon dioxide will undoubtedly be complicated and time-consuming and, if implemented, very costly. New EPA regulations would essentially assure that a great deal of business activity would be held up for months, if not years, because of unprecedented red tape and litigation. And those costs businesses incur will inevitably be passed onto the consumer. Judge Tatel’s warning is a valid one and should be a concern for businesses of all shapes and sizes.

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Climate treaty now 'more do-able'

[Todd] Stern also told reporters that a new treaty could not be an extension of the Kyoto Protocol, as many developing countries are demanding, if the US is to join up.

"We're not a party to the Kyoto Protocol and we're not going to be a party," he said.