Environmentalists to Canada: Drop dead « The Enterprise Blog

Hansen’s most recent editorial has received sharp criticism for the over-reach of his claims about climate science, but what the media isn’t covering is an unprecedented call for environmental trade war with America’s largest trading partner. Let’s hope they catch up to that aspect of the story.

Keeping the country short of water is now government – and EU – policy - Telegraph

Plimer cites a vivid illustration of how great is the threat posed to the planet by man-made CO.

If one imagines a length of the Earth’s atmosphere one kilometre long, 780 metres of this are made up of nitrogen, 210 are oxygen and 10 metres are
water vapour (the largest greenhouse gas). Just 0.38 of a metre is carbon dioxide, to which human emissions contribute one millimetre. Australia’s
share of this is 0.015 of a millimetre, the breadth of a human hair, to reduce which Gillard is about to inflict on her country’s economy damage
costing billions of pounds a year.

Japan to Experience Power Shortages This Summer, Panel Says - Bloomberg

Kansai Electric Power Co. (9503) and two other Japanese utilities may have power shortages this summer
without supplies from nuclear reactors, a government panel said.

Why Investors Should Be Paying Attention to California's Carbon Auction - Forbes

After numerous attempts to stop its cap-and-trade law (AB32), and more than one delay of the law’s implementation, California is finally preparing for its first carbon auction. The results of that auction–there will be a “practice” auction in August, with the first real auction scheduled for November–are likely to determine the fate of carbon regulation in the United States and, perhaps more importantly, the value placed on carbon in the U.S. marketplace.