Green Gold, Fool’s Gold, and the Chamber of Commerce

What a joke. An entire attack on an institution based on a gold rush for rent seeking. Congratulations, Harvard, this is the kind of material running under your banner.

Lumber Company Enters Carbon Market - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

“This deal looks a whole lot like a giant timber company getting millions of dollars in carbon credits for business-as-usual operations,” said Brian Nowicki, a policy director for the Center for Biological Diversity. Mr. Nowicki argued that allowing clear cutting to any degree would pose a risk for the climate, while “simultaneously degrading forests, water quality, and wildlife habitat,” he said.
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[Even the New York Times has now noticed!] On the Chicago Climate Exchange, carbon is currently selling for 10 cents a ton.

[If the science is so settled, why are we asking this question?]: Do Dust Particles Curb Climate Change?

A knowledge gap exists in the area of climate research: for decades, scientists have been asking themselves whether, and to what extent man-made aerosols, that is, dust particles suspended in the atmosphere, enlarge the cloud cover and thus curb climate warming. Research has made little or no progress on this issue.

Ban voices hope ahead of final leg of negotiations on climate change [hoax] treaty

3 October 2009 – The frozen positions preventing governments from making progress in negotiations for a new greenhouse gas emissions treaty are beginning to thaw, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday in a series of speeches in Copenhagen, aimed at cranking up the pressure on nations to finalize an ambitious new pact at a conference in the city this December.
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“Tackling climate change can set us on the road to peace and prosperity for all, but half-measures or business-as-usual will set the stage for catastrophe,” he warned.