Carbon cred

...The articles included discussion of the carbon credit kiosks installed at San Francisco International Airport by the firm 3Degrees.

In the past I have written that only a sucker would patronize such an enterprise. Now, I find I must apologize, for the Monitor explained that each $13.50 paid to 3Degrees to offset a ton of carbon is "sent to two environmental groups … for a promise not to cut trees" on land those organizations already own.

Scots accountant held in £156m fraud probe after customs swoop - The Daily Record

More than 2450 UK and German tax officers were involved in raids that also saw 13 arrests in England.

The German-led probe is into suspected cross-border fraudulent trading of carbon credits and involves $239million - around £156million - of VAT fraud.

There are 150 suspects in 50 companies across Europe.

The KUSI Weatherman's [Allegedly] Cloudy Climate Claims

[Some guy named ROB DAVIS] Listen to Coleman give a speech, and you'd come away thinking that climate change amounts to a conspiracy by some wacko environmentalists and a few scientists tied to Gore who support a United Nations effort to create a one-world government. His arguments come straight from the climate change-denier playbook, a sophisticated campaign with origins tracing to tobacco industry-funded scientists who'd previously questioned whether smoking causes cancer.
...He bristles at questions pointing out inaccuracies in some of his claims.

"I am a damn good meteorologist with a lot of experience, a lot of practice, a lot of study, a lot of knowledge, a lot of skill," he says. "I have studied this topic and I know the topic and I reached a scientific conclusion. That is more than you have done. I am accepted by scientists.

About Rob Davis

Since joining voiceofsandiego.org in 2006, Rob Davis' beat has expanded from the environment to include coverage of the local media, redevelopment, air transportation and county government.