Experts clash at CNN/YouTube climate change debate - CNN.com

CNN's Becky Anderson was joined by a distinguished panel of guests who answered questions posted on YouTube in the weeks leading up to the debate.

The panel included Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, U.S. journalist and author Thomas L. Friedman, Bjorn Lomborg, author of the "The Skeptical Environmentalist," Hollywood actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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Of course carbon markets exist only because governments say they do. Governments artificially create demand for carbon indulgences. When the demand for carbon offsets dies off as market participants finally realize anthropogenic global warming is a fraud, it’s going to get ugly.

As the Ponzi scheme finally unwinds, the governments of the developing world will be left holding the bag. When the bubble bursts, they’re going to get angry, maybe as angry as Albanians got when they were duped in pyramid schemes after the Iron Curtain collapsed.

Eugene Robinson on Sarah Palin's flip-flop on climate change - washingtonpost.com

In her administrative order, Palin instructed the sub-Cabinet group to develop recommendations on "the opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Alaska sources, including the expanded use of alternative fuels, energy conservation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, land use management, and transportation planning." She also instructed the group to look into "carbon-trading markets."

Crowded Midway: Or Why It’s a Zoo at C&ENtral Science

“Who’s to blame? Me,” Yvo de Boer, the U.N.’s top climate official, told reporters today. “I suppose we could have stopped the registration when we reached the 15,000 mark. But our thinking was people come in, people come out, people go out, people come for the first week, people come for the second week, so let’s make sure that we register as many as possible.

Since not all fans arrive on time, and since some leave early, I wonder if NFL teams should start selling three tickets for every available stadium seat?