Carbon price may not meet its goals – Features – ABC Environment (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"It is entirely possible that we could have an emissions reduction targets - say as it stands, five per cent by 2020 from 200 levels - but Australian emissions could actually climb and what we will be doing is buying claimed emissions reductions from elsewhere," Dr MacGill says.

...Andrew Grant, from the CO2 Group, one of Australia's largest carbon [dioxide hoax] businesses, denies there's a problem. "It is just so hard to get credits up unless you can prove it and I've never seen a fraudulent project, ever."

China’s First Wind-Farm Lull Limits Outlook for Sinovel: Energy - Bloomberg

Developers will install 18.6 gigawatts of windmills, 7 percent less than last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Carbon claims enter absurd territory - Business (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The plight of baby animals and fairytale characters under the carbon price featured in question time debate today, as the Government and Opposition ramp up their campaigns ahead of the introduction of the carbon tax this Sunday. The Opposition leader was highlighting the potential impact of the carbon price on charities, but the Government ridiculed his claims.

Radio New Zealand : Heavy snow and gale force wind warnings in South Island

MetService also warns severe gale force winds, thunderstorms, hail and possibly small tornadoes could hit western parts of Buller and Nelson Wednesday morning.

Gale force winds with gust of up to 120 kilometres per hour are also expected in localised areas...[Wait, so it can be really stormy and cold at the same time? Isn't CO2-induced warming a requirement before any bad weather can occur?]