The public is now so sceptical about global warming

IT SEEMS hard to believe now but until this time last year, declaring yourself a “climate change sceptic” was a bit like admitting to being a banker or the kind of person who puts cats in dustbins for fun.

As a long-time “denier” I remember it well: the heated rows; the sneery put-downs; the whispers that I’d joined the ranks of creation- ists, 9/11 “truthers” and David Icke-style conspiracy theorists who believe the world is secretly controlled by a lizard-headed master race.
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What our political class hasn’t yet realised is that Climategate was just the beginning. Each day new evidence emerges of the junk science of the global warming lobby; and with each new opinion poll, public scepticism rises.

One day, hard questions are going to be asked about the taxpayers’ money which has been squandered in the name of combating a non-existent problem. And when that day comes it won’t just be corrupt scientists’ heads that roll but those of naive politicians also.

Analysts champion US carbon markets despite exchange closure - 19 Nov 2010 - News from BusinessGreen

But in Europe, analysts have insisted the US carbon market can continue to develop, arguing that the closure of the CCX will have little impact on either US or European markets.

"[There are] no implications for the EU and UK," Emilie Mazzacurati, head of carbon research for North America at Point Carbon, told BusinessGreen in an email.
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Mazzacurati also observed that CCX credits had recently traded for "pennies" and that the exchange was coming to its natural end, as it had only ever been set up as a pilot project.