Durban expectations low as ambition recedes

The morale of carbon traders, already hammered by record low prices, could take a further battering next week as the world’s top emitting nations look unlikely to agree a future for the Kyoto protocol ahead of the pact's expiry at the end of 2012.

...Observers note a change in negotiating approaches, saying a quiet consensus has emerged amongst developed nation delegations to allow developing world emissions rise to per capita levels similar to those countries saddled with targets under the Kyoto protocol.

The Recession Hits the Green Movement

But the bad news is that if we keep spending money like drunken climate change scientists on a fake problem invented to expand federal power, dole out grant money to people who have their tongues stuck to thermometers and make a whole lot of green, red and grey currency for green investors then the American dollar, not to mention the Euro, will start looking a lot like the Zimbabwean dollar.

While we struggle for a “carbon-free world”, what we’re actually ending up with is a “money-free”, a “car-free” and a “food-free” world.

Greenpeace wants R1.2tn - Times LIVE

Naidoo said it was important governments "listen to the people", citing an unnamed 2009 global poll showing that 73% of respondents were extremely concerned about climate change.

Cap and Trade Dead?? Carbon Under 8 Euros!! | CleanTechnica

the fact that the price has dropped so low in Europe is a mark of success

Twitter / @akscojo: The ocean has frozen in No ...

The ocean has frozen in Nome before last fuel barge made its delivery. Will we have enough fuel to last through the winter? We'll find out.