United Nations climate summits may be the epitome of smug, hypocritical uselessness. Once a year, thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, scientists and activists — mostly travelling on taxpayers’ tabs — descend on some resort or other. This year, the site is the South African seaside city of Durban, one of Africa’s favourite tropical destinations.
For nearly two weeks, delegates to these gatherings drink fine wine and eat fine food, much of it flown in from thousands of miles away. At Bali in 2007, there was great concern among chefs that the waters around the Indonesian island could not produce enough jumbo shrimp to satisfy all the noshing attendees, so emergency orders were flown in from as far away as Australia and the vast shrimp farms of India.
Lomborg pays for not following the alarmist script | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog
You must play the global warming game - or pay.
Can the U.S. and Australia Slake China's Coal Thirst and Still Claim CO2 Progress? - NYTimes.com
To me, choosing a number — 350, 450 or 550 parts per million, 2 or 3 degrees (F. or C.!) — is essentially meaningless for our generation, especially given the trajectories for emissions in China and India.
Sierra Club Leader Will Step Down - NYTimes.com
Carl Pope, who has led the Sierra Club for much of the last two decades, is planning to leave the organization next year as it struggles to redefine its mission in a tough economy, the organization said Friday.
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