Cancun climate conference: Fears over global deal on forests - Telegraph

Prince Charles and others suggested a new fund should be set up that allows rich countries to pay poor nations not to chop down trees.

Under certain models the scheme would create a whole new financial market where countries, companies and even individuals can pay to offset their carbon by planting a tree.

South Florida cold weather: Fort Lauderdale breaks cold record for Dec. 7 - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

In Fort Lauderdale, a low temperature record of 42 degrees for Dec. 7 that had been in place for 169 years was broken, said Dan Gregoria, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Miami.

UN Continues Push for Global Carbon Tax at Climate Confab

According to Cathie Adams, the United Nations officials and the militant environmental NGOs have been working hand in hand at Cancun to craft a new global tax plan centered on shipping.

"In the Climate Action Network and other NGO gatherings, as well as the official program, the constant theme is the absolute necessity of setting up a new 'infrastructure' to deal with this issue of collecting and allocating the taxes they intend to levy," she told The New American in a telephone interview from Cancun. "They are saying 'end the negotiations, just set up the infrastructure.' So that when the $30 billion promised by President Obama starts flowing in, they can use it to help get the tax schemes going that will guarantee a continuous future revenue stream of hundreds of billions of dollars. George Soros said that there is probably not the political will to get the developed nations to accept a financial transaction tax — which has been a favorite globalist plan — so the most likely prospect for a global tax is the levy on global shipping and air traffic."