Smith won't commit to second-term ETS - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith has refused to commit to the Government to legislating an emissions trading scheme (ETS) in its second term.

Stephen Smith says Prime Minister Julia Gillard has made it clear she will not commit to reconsidering the ETS until the end of 2012.

Cabon trading [scam] market will grow slow

The carbon trading market will only grow slowly in the medium term largely because of policy hold ups such as the delayed U.S. cap and trade legislation, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch carbon markets chief Abyd Karmali.

ClimateGate report 'a shameful sham' (OneNewsNow.com)

"[It's] a shameful sham of a report," says Climate Depot executive editor Marc Morano. "This is the global-warming establishment exonerating the global-warming establishment...The entire report is essentially premised on the idea that we have to clear their reputation."

On World Population Day, take note: population isn’t the problem | Grist

Today's women have just half as many as their mothers -- an average of 2.6. Not just in the rich world, but almost everywhere.
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This is a stunning change in just one generation. Why don't we hear more about it? Because it doesn't fit the doomsday agenda.