No EU consensus on climate [hoax wealth transfer]

Talks on Tuesday left the 27-nation EU deeply split between richer older members and eastern European states, many of which are against coughing up new cash amid the financial crisis.

[I guess they don't really believe that their grandchildren are at risk]: South Asian countries resist binding emission cuts

India, Pakistan and six other nations will present a coordinated stance to stick with the Kyoto Protocol at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen in December.

As Time Runs Short for Global Climate Treaty, Nations May Settle for Interim Steps - NYTimes.com

“The most likely form any agreement will take will be a political declaration,” said Nigel Purvis, a former State Department climate negotiator in the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

“It could be a statement by senior leaders, or it could be adopted by the parties as a formal decision,” he said. “That does not make it legally binding, but it sends a signal to the world of the direction the negotiations are going and give guidance to negotiators as they continue their work.”

MSNBC's Shuster Tickled Pink by Green Hoax | NewsBusters.org

MSNBC's David Shuster declared yesterday's fake Chamber of Commerce presser at the National Press Club the "Best prank of [the] week" on his Twitter page shortly before 5:30 p.m. EDT today.

[Beyond parody: Should you wear an "evil" plastic bike helmet, or just risk a massive head injury?] | Grist

Julia, a hospital visit has the potential for much more ecological impact than does your discarded helmet. Your fitness level keeps you (hopefully) from general ill health, and hence reduces the need for greenhouse-gas emitting trips to the doctor. More important, of course, the helmet protects you from serious head injury and/or death, both of which are far more environmentally costly than a piddling nine-ounce helmet. Let’s say you were not wearing a helmet and bonked your head in a crash. First the ambulance or a friend’s car has to transport you to (and from) the hospital, emitting Earth-damaging gases en route. Then perhaps you have to get a CAT scan or MRI, neither of which would be solar powered. What if you have a bleeding abrasion that requires multiple washings and several sets of bloody sheets and piles of gauze? Maybe they bring you a hospital meal which certainly includes terrible not-shade-grown coffee and some kind of mystery meat from a confined animal feeding operation. In a worst-case scenario, you could scrape off your nose and require years of plastic surgery—certainly not ecologically OK, and sadly a real-life example.