Unions Affiliate to Combat Climate Change

The United Association of Plumbers and Pipe Fitters (UA), North America, and the Plumbing Trades Employees Union (PTEU), Australia, today signed an affiliation agreement for joint skills training and employment initiatives in the United States, Canada and Australia. A first between two unions, the agreement seeks to help streamline the building industry, reduce the shortage of skilled workers and tackle the global problem of climate change.

A Ripe Moment to Speak Up on Climate Change? « The Reality-Based Community

The International Panel for Climate Change [sic] estimated that carbon tax of $80 per metric ton would stabilize global temperatures by 2050. But even a tax of $300 per ton would add less than $3/gallon to the cost of gasoline. Simply by switching to more fuel-efficient vehicles, most motorists could drive as many miles as before without spending any more on gas.

Good News For Polar Bears Is Bad News for Global Warming Alarmists - Forbes

Professor Susan Crockford, a zoologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Victoria, Canada, reports that polar bears have successfully adapted to severe climate change many times in the past and will likely adapt to future climate change, as well. While common sense tells us that people concerned about global warming should welcome Crockford’s findings, expect the merchants of doom and gloom to ignore or go on the attack against the evolutionary biologist’s findings.

Belair Hotel director Brett Matthews says carbon tax flow-on will force his prices up | adelaidenow

The Belair Hotel, situated just up the hill from where the Prime Minister grew up, has been hit with a 45 per cent jump in the off-peak component of its monthly power bill due to the carbon tax.