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A CARBON "tax" could hit the North East’s industrial heartland with companies going bust or moving abroad, a minister has signalled.

Energy Minister Lord Hunt made the apparent admission as he came under pressure over the European Union emissions trading scheme in the Lords.

Benny Peiser: West’s Climate Policy Approach Is Wrong

The whole political debate has shifted quite dramatically in Europe, partly as a result of the Climategate scandal and partly as response to the Copenhagen fiasco. What used to be a very popular theme for politicians who thought it would win them votes is turning into a liability. There’s a public backlash and a growing scepticism that Europe is burdening its own people and industry while the world is not following.

New technique shows Roman Warm Period Warmer than Present Day

The study's findings suggest that details of climate recorded in Icelandic sagas are reasonably accurate.

In the 1000s the Icelandic “Book of Settlements” reports a famine so severe “men ate foxes and ravens” and “the old and helpless were killed and thrown over cliffs.” According to his shells, it was a difficult period with summer water temperatures peaking at only 5-6 degree C, down from as high as 7.5-9.5 degree C only 100 years earlier.

Peter Foster: Alice In UN Land

The UN has decided to follow the Red Queen's approach when it comes to recent mounting scandals over its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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