Wednesday, June 13, 2012

China ready to impound EU planes in CO2 dispute | Reuters

"Chinese airlines are unanimous on this. We won't provide the data," Wei Zhenzhong, secretary general of the China Air Transport Association, said on the sidelines of an International Air Transport Association (IATA) meeting in Beijing.

Space Leaders Charge NASA Doesn't Demand Right Stuff From Climate Science Programs - Forbes

Seven Apollo astronauts, along with two former NASA Johnson Space Center directors and several former senior management-level technical experts, have recently lodged formal complaints to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Jr. regarding the dismal and embarrassing state of the agency’s climate science programs. These charges were presented in two separate letters that were hand-delivered, then publicly released.

Fighting AGW Religion in North Carolina (sea-level-rise debate gets political) — MasterResource

In their 2010 report, the panel concluded that NC should expect a 39-inch SLR by 2100. Their case was built around a 2007 paper by Stefan Rahmstorf, and was not encumbered by a single reference to a perspective different from Rahmstorf’s.

North Carolina Senate Passes Anti-Nutcase Bill – AP Immediately Lies About It | Real Science

The IPCC forecast range is 7-24 inches of sea level rise. The 3 foot+ forecasts are from a few fringe lunatics who lack basic mathematics and science skills.

Kudos to North Carolina for standing up and fighting back.

The future we dread: Marked-up draft of UN Rio+20 agenda reveals shocking “sustainability” wish list | CFACT.TV

The UN’s international NGO allies want to expand previous calls for a “green economy,” by including new demands for “resource justice” and new mechanisms to ensure “contraction and convergence for over- and under-consumers of natural resources.” People do not need advanced degrees to figure out whose economies and lifestyles the activists intend to “contract,” Rucker commented.

...The document also seeks to impose staggering financial burdens on people in developed nations. It would give the UN 0.7% of a nation’s gross domestic product – some $1,325 per year for an American family of four.

No comments: