'Only global fascist tyranny can save us now' says nice old man – Telegraph Blogs

In other words James Lovelock agrees with almost everything we sceptics believe. Yet still, in his most recent book The Vanishing Face of Gaia, he concludes that the damage caused by overpopulation, species decline and carbon emissions is already so great that modern civilisation is finished. Before the end of this century, he argues, rising sea levels and overheating will have rendered whole swathes of our planet uninhabitable and such few survivors as there are will have to make do as best they can.

This is more than just cognitive dissonance. This is borderline lunacy.

Time running out for Carbon Reduction Commitment sign-up - Times Online

With two days to go before businesses have to comply with new government regulations on cutting carbon emissions, most companies are woefully unprepared, surveys show.
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Another survey of the 100 biggest public and private sector organisations in Britain for Solar Gard, a window film manufacturer, shows that nearly half of those who know that they will be required to take part in the scheme do not know when they are supposed to register.

Fool me once, fool me twice…fool me 15 times? | Kyle Wingfield

That’s a .750 batting average — not for Energy Star, but for the fake products.

The manner in which the fake products were certified is alarming. One of the products, a computer monitor, received Energy Star approval within 30 minutes of its application, GAO reports. Four more were approved within 24 hours.
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To the left, you can see one of the fake products: Nothing more than a space heater with a feather duster attached to it, described in its application as an “air room cleaner.”
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But don’t worry — health care will be much better, I’m sure.

Carbon trading shrinks by a third / carbon trading news

The carbon trading market has shrunk by over 28 per cent post-Copenhagen, according to the latest quarterly HSBC Global Climate Change Index, which is calling into question its validity.