Stopping The Deniers – Never Forget | Real Science

1930s deniers are running rampant in government, led by James Hansen – who has been working for decades to distort the historical records of the 1930s.

If accurate records of the 1930s were still included in Hansen’s temperature graphs, they would decimate his theory and kill a $100 billion industry.

Gillard looking all the poorer for throwing money at voters

The public's gratitude for cash it believes it already owns is fleeting.

THE money is flowing into bank accounts, billions of dollars of it. According to the federal government, $1.18 billion has already been distributed to 5.8 million Australians as part of the carbon tax compensation scheme.

Carbon scheme in danger of going up in smoke

[Australia] “However, there is no bipartisan support for carbon pricing, resulting in continued policy uncertainty. The opposition parties now reject carbon pricing, and their leader has pledged to repeal the legislation if and when in power. The issue of carbon pricing has been turned into such a political touchstone that substantial change or repeal is a distinct possibility after the next election, which is due by late 2013.

“If so, Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism might enter history as one of the best-designed yet shortest-lived policies for climate change mitigation.”

Rio+20 summit must move world beyond 'grow now, clean up later' | Environment | guardian.co.uk

[Connie Hedegaard] natural disasters that kill people and destroy infrastructure and cultural heritage are positive for GDP because the reconstruction works that follow boost economic activity.