City's costly green initiatives sapping taxpayers

Vancouver's photogenic mayor, Gregor Robertson, loves to talk about how a green economy will be our salvation. But, so far, the only folks who seem to be profiting are insiders who get the green grants, run the leafy carbon-offset schemes and jet off to gabfests in exotic, nature-friendly locations.

They're like Robin Hood and his merry men dressed in Lincoln green, except they rob the poor to pay the rich.

Baby it’s (Getting) Cold Outside: Horse Rescue Holds Supply Drive to Prepare for Winter

"Last winter was very tough on our horses" said Laura Jones, Horsenet's Director of Public Relations. "Our volunteers dealt with issues like frozen water pipes and water troughs, and during the worst storms, we had a few days where the farm was nearly impossible to acces

How Big Oil will stop my children from driving electric cars | Sam Arie | Environment | guardian.co.uk

I would like an electric car. It would be quieter, nicer to drive and cheaper to run than my petrol car, and it could produce up to 75% less CO2. But the chances are I am not going to get one, and nor will my children when they grow up.

One reason is that the Department for Transport can no longer afford to help me buy one. The government has allocated £43m to subsidise ultra-low-carbon cars, but at £5,000 a car that's only enough to help the first few thousand of us who switch over. So whether or not I end up with an electric car doesn't have a great deal to do with consumer subsidies.

HOW WIDE-SPREAD, HOW DEEP IS CLIMATEGATE? | The SPPI Blog

Climategate exposed deceit far beyond the wildest imagination of any conspiracy buffs – the UN’s IPCC, world leaders, Al Gore, the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the International Inter-Academy Panel on International Issues (IAP), the International Inter-Academy Council (IAC), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NASA, the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee, major research journals, major news media and public TV (BBC, PBS, etc).

Booker Vs Pachauri « Shub Niggurath Climate

It is pretty clear there is no connection whatsoever between climate money and the climate.