Climate change 'serious threat' to economies: Danish [climate hoax] minister

The fight against global warming should move to the top of the world’s political agenda and the European Union has to lead the shift to climate-friendly policies, Denmark’s Climate Minister Martin Lidegaard said.

“Climate change is not only an environmental time-bomb, it is a serious threat to our economies and wellbeing,” Lidegaard wrote in a statement during an online discussion hosted by the WWF’s Climate and Energy Forum today. “The writing on the wall is crystal clear: we have to act now.”

Power stations' pockets padded by carbon compensation | News | Business Spectator

New modelling suggests the country's heaviest polluting coal-fired power stations are in a stronger financial position – to the tune of between $400 million and $1 billion – than they would have been prior to the carbon tax, Fairfax reports.

Searing Heat, Raging Wildfires Offer ‘Teachable’ Summer Moments | The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media

Will the first warmer-than-”normal” spell herald “told-ha-so” skeptical news coverage? Will warmer days in some coming winter months (in some locations or many) erase spring and summer lessons hard-learned?

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Dutch analysis finds wind power is a 'money pit with virtually no merit of CO2 emission reduction or fossil fuel saving'

A Dutch analysis finds that wind energy reduces emissions and fossil fuel use by a maximum of only 1.6% compared to directly generating energy from fossil fuels. Furthermore, the study finds that with large wind installations, power is often wasted since the electricity grid cannot always absorb the intermittent supply, resulting in more fossil fuel consumption than directly generating power from fossil fuels. Thus, the study concludes, "wind developments are a money pit with virtually no merit in terms of the intended goal of CO2 emission reduction or fossil fuel saving."