[Yeah, right]: The world's future is being decided this weekend | Nicholas Stern | Comment is free | The Observer

We must agree to halt deforestation and curtail air travel now if the Copenhagen summit is to succeedClimate showdown kind of boring, MP says
The coalition was supposed to be having a dramatic showdown on climate change - but it ended up being a bit of a fizzer.Carbon vanity will be Rudd's downfall | The Australian
Claims that Al Gore's film presented hypotheses as certainties plus evidence that the world has actually cooled slightly during the past decade have undermined the arguments for immediate, drastic action.Wong's ETS unites foes on Left and Right | The Australian
The Greens and Nationals are both opposed to the scheme and new evidence supports their cause[Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on]: Google Trends: "global warming",iphone
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Or, in the words of Denniss: "The CPRS is complex, expensive and ineffective. The government's strategy is to suggest to voters that they are taking significant action on climate change while simultaneously allowing them to assure industry that they aren't really doing anything. It may or not turn out to be a well-designed political tool, but as a policy tool it is an enormous distraction."
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