Hide the decline - Where is the data that actually shows a strong and important warming effect of CO2?

!! When the strong heating occurs, the CO2 levels are mostly rather low 210-240 ppm !!

!! When the cooling occurs, the CO2 levels are mostly rather high 250-280 ppm !!

SA to participate in World Youth Conference [in a list of eight issues, climate change gets mentioned last]

Delegates are also expected to consider issues such as poverty, education, health, employment, technology, cultures, gender equality and climate change - all of which are considered key to youth development.

Delayers: Carbon tax on double cabs postponed

Pretoria - While the implementation of vehicle emissions tax on passenger cars will proceed as scheduled on 1 September, the tax on double cabs has been postponed.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday that after consultations with the country's largest motor car industry CEOs and taking into account some of the concerns of the industry, it was agreed that the tax on double cabs will be delayed slightly.

China's Heavy Rains Blamed on Unusual Climate Patterns | News | English

Weather experts and Chinese officials attribute the heavier than usual rainfall to unusual climate patterns and global warming.

This was the latest of what has become a summer of natural disasters for China. Official media call it the country's worst flooding in a decade...[In any given decade, what are the chances of once-in-a-decade occurrences?]
Dean of Hong Kong City University's School of Energy and Environment Johnny Chan said this much rain is just not normal.

"But it is in a way expected because this is a year following an El Nino," said Chan.

South Africa adds water to wine - WijnIdee

Because of global warming the grapes contain more sugar, which leads to high alcohol levels.

[We're saved! Taiwanese bureaucrats visit New Jersey bureaucrats] - Maplewood Patch, NJ - Sustainability is the Focus of Visit by Taiwanese Officials

The delegation was greeted at Town Hall at 10:00am and stayed in Maplewood until 4:00 in the afternoon. "We showed them some of our historical murals and I gave them a talk about the history of Maplewood," explained Profeta.

Environmentalists intend to sue over global warming pollution from Wash. oil refineries | Markets | Market News | Canadian Business Online

SEATTLE (AP) - Two environmental groups said Tuesday they intend to sue the Washington Department of Ecology and two clean air agencies for not limiting global warming pollution from oil refineries.
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Washington state law requires the refineries to use reasonable methods for controlling their greenhouse gas emissions, said Joshua Osborne-Klein, an attorney representing the groups.

But "there are no readily available technologies to remove CO2 (carbon dioxide), because it's never been regulated, and it has never been associated with health risk," said Tupper Hull, a spokesman with the Western States Petroleum Association.