Prison Planet.com » U.S. Pledges $20 Million, and Counting, for African “Clean Energy” Projects

The federal government has done such a bang-up job of picking winners in the “clean energy” field here at home (see, e.g., Solyndra) that it is now planning to spend $20 million of taxpayers’ money on similar projects in Africa — with “hundreds of millions of dollars” to follow, according to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

US Climate official expresses ‘doubts’ on ETS schemes | JunkScience.com

A LEADING United States climate official says there’s no doubt global warming is real but whether emissions trading is the best way to tackle the problem is less clear.

Australia: Melbourne shivers through coldest morning in four years « Where’s my Global Warming Dude? By Global Freeze

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Christopher Booker laments the insanity of the UK government's policy on shale gas, with the headline summing things up rather well

You can’t have shale gas – it might halve your bills

It is an extraordinary thing when the main political parties agree that the way ahead is a the impoverishment of the electorate and transfers of wealth from the poor to the rich.

The New Nostradamus of the North: China: Real pollution vs climate change

One of the tragic consequences of the almost total international fixation on fighting (bogus) human caused global warming is the fact that real and deadly pollution problems go almost unnoticed. Communist China, with its booming industry, is one of the countries worst affected. 

Fortunately ordinary Chinese people are now waking up to the dangers posed by dirty air and soil. Pollution problems have become a leading cause of civil unrest