Critics: Emissions Bill Would Cripple Businesses - Albuquerque News Story - KOAT Albuquerque
SANTA FE, N.M. -- Critics of legislation that would lay the groundwork in New Mexico for a future regional or federal cap-and-trade program are pleading with state lawmakers not to pass the measure.Carbon credit scam threatens NZ firms | Stuff.co.nz
They contend it would cripple businesses, shutter the state's coal-fired power plants and lead to expensive utility bills for residents.
Officials with the New Mexico Environment Department and supporters of the measure dismissed the concerns during a hearing Friday before the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee. They say the bill would not establish any cap on greenhouse gas emissions.
The ministry said hoax emails were sent to businesses in several countries aimed at persuading them to click on links that took them to fake websites, where they were asked to key in their account details and passwords.Climate sceptic Lord Monckton gets a rock star reception - - News | The Noosa Journal
Such "phishing" scams are commonly used to defraud banks, but ministry spokeswoman Emilia Mazur said it was believed to be the first time the US$135 billion (NZ$196b) carbon credit market had been targeted.
NOOSA: The man described by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as being ``part of a worldwide conspiracy of sceptics’’ received a rock star welcome when he arrived in Noosa on Saturday.Climate Science Under Fire
Hundreds of people queued around the building to hear Lord Christopher Monckton speak on global warming at The J in Noosa Junction.
Fears the controversial aristocrat would receive an aggressive reception went unfounded as the crowd cheered and clapped.
Despite extra space being made available at The J, around 100 people were turned away.
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In an exclusive interview with The Noosa Journal last week, Lord Monckton said he was prepared to deal with hecklers ``fairly and, where necessary, firmly’’. He needn’t have worried. With few dissenters in the room, he received a standing ovation.
The drizzle of allegations that climate scientists have fudged data, drawn on dodgy sources, withheld information and frozen out dissenters has now become a downpour.Pachauri gets a thumbs-up from PM and world leaders- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Putting up a united front against climate sceptics, world leaders led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped up to pledge support toDebunking the myths behind the pontificating potty peer
the troubled chief of the UN climate panel, RK Pachauri. Mindful of the mistake in the IPCC report, the leaders from across the globe stressed that some errors in the report cannot shake the scientific evidence on the impact of global warming.
The viscount and his performing eyeballs caper around the globe like some gibbering reject from a Monty Python sketch, to the febrile applause of the sort of dopes who - in this country, anyway - once thought Pauline Hanson was their Joan of Arc.Big freeze sinks or ruins many yachts | Sailing news | Yachting Monthly
The numbers of yachtsmen claiming for damage caused by split or fractured pipes is 'alarmingly high' report insurers Navigators & General.
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New Zealanders should not be misinformed about carbon trading fraud. This article says crimes of last week were the first known cases but UK Telegraph reported in December 2009 Europol said up to 90 percent of all carbon trading is fraudulent across numerous countries. It has been known since day 1 the business lends itself to crime. Naturally, the author attempts to deflect seriousness of the situation by saying they are not traded at McDonalds.
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