Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, July 15 2010 « The Daily Bayonet

Hippie Dave gets mad at skeptics again, the IPCC gags scientists for their own good and Ontarians are rising up against a new eco-fee stealth tax.

Barrow, Alaska - [Still cold]

There are freezing temperatures on an average of 324 days per year.

[We're saved!  Now at least one of over 700,000 Sydney cars is electric]

SYDNEY, Australia, July 15, 2010 (ENS) - The City of Sydney has secured one of 40 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs for its vehicle fleet, the first production electric vehicle to be released in the Australian market.

"When I attended the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen last December, I committed to working with other C40 cities to help expand the uptake of electric vehicles. Today we prove our commitment, joining other green leaders in trialling the i-Miev in Australian conditions," Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP said Thursday.

"Each day more than 700,000 cars travel throughout central Sydney, significantly contributing to smog, greenhouse gas pollution, congestion and noise," said the mayor.

Bolam wind farm plans scrapped, Teesdale Mercury

PLANS for a controversial wind farm in Teesdale have been scrapped, it was announced today.

Following information from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), about a radar at RAF Leeming, the company behind the proposals for a site near Bolam, decided to withdraw the application.