Stern warning for climate sceptics

ONE of the world's leading climate change experts, Sir Nicholas Stern, has warned that countries such as Australia will face future trade barriers unless they move to a low-carbon economy.
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Lord Stern's tour of Australia comes as another international expert, Terry Tamminen, climate adviser to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, is in Melbourne to address a business conference.
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Details of the R20 will be launched at Governor Schwarzenegger's Global Climate Summit in November along with a ''green bank,'' backed by the United Nations Development Program, to help participating governments fund low carbon development. Mr Tamminen said Australia should look to California as an example of how acting on climate change was good for the economy.

Adams comment cartoon, September 1st, 2010 | Climate Realists

This cartoon from Adams appeared in the UK Telegraph on September 1st, 2010

Drill, Baby, Drill Is Back, Baby, Back — MasterResource

A clear majority continued to support drilling in American waters even during the height of the spill, when oil was gushing uncontrollably and dying birds headlined network newscasts. Pollsters at Rasmussen report that, “since the oil rig explosion that caused the massive oil leak, support for offshore drilling has ranged from 56 percent to 64 percent.”

That’s not far below the 72 percent who supported it before the spill, nor much different than the support back in the summer of 2008 when pump prices topped $4 a gallon. Now that the leak has been stopped, the percentage in favor should start rising again.

EU Referendum: The obvious question

He entered the building in Silver Spring, Maryland at 1pm, waving a handgun and wearing explosives strapped to his body. Police decided to shoot the suspect after almost four hours when they believed the hostages' lives were in danger.

Why did they wait so long?