Graham Readfearn | How The Australian Newspaper Warps The World of Climate [Junk] Science

Among The Australian’s in-house regulars, Manne documents the “comical degree of self-confidence” with which its writers disagreed with established climate science.

While in its official editorials, The Australian has said it accepts the science of climate change, Manne looks closer at the newspaper's record.

In its coverage of climate change, The Australian had failed to acknowledge the distinction between genuine expertise and “contrarians or cranks” and had “threatened the always vulnerable place of reason in public life”.

The greening of China a mirage | The Australian

Yet dig a little deeper and it becomes clear Beijing's carefully crafted message about shifting towards a green future is primarily designed for Western markets eager for alternative energy sources and as a defence against these same governments putting greater pressure on China to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

Take the issue of coal-fired power stations. China has closed down hundreds of its more inefficient coal-fired stations in the past few years. But for every coal-fired station shut down in the past three years, two have sprung up. While gross domestic product has been growing at about 10 per cent during the past five years, Chinese consumption of coal has been increasing at about 17 per cent each year and coal production has been increasing by more than 20 per cent in the same period. According to some figures, investment in the coal industry has been increasing between 30 per cent and 50 per cent a year for the past three years.

The International Energy Agency estimates almost 80 per cent of China's energy needs will be met by coal and oil in 2030.
...
Wind power now accounts for less than 1 per cent of China's energy needs while solar constitutes one-thousandth of 1 per cent of the country's energy use. ...In a country where 800 million people still live on less than $2 a day, Chinese leaders do not wake up in the middle of the night thinking about the challenge of climate change.

Ontario Votes: Candidates speak to issue of campaign promises at community debate

Hill, the Green candidate, who is a 20-year-old university student, said voters should look at the Green platform because it is “fiscally responsible, socially progressive, and environmentally conscious.”

“You don’t have to be a Bolshevik to care about climate change,” Hill said.

LNG Surges as Japan Vies With China, Exxon’s Shipments Grow - Bloomberg

Liquefied natural gas prices are surging to a three-year high as demand from Japan, China and India outpaces supply increases, boosting sales for producers from BG Group Plc to Exxon Mobil Corp.
...
“If Japan gets terribly cold weather, they’ll be out buying in the spot market, driving up prices,” said Zach Allen, president of Pan Eurasian Enterprises Inc., a Raleigh, North Carolina-based tracker of LNG shipments who predicts prices may rise 26 percent this winter.