Tuesday, February 05, 2013

US News Item on How Working Less Might Slow 'Climate Change' Ignores Underlying Radical 'De-Growth' Agenda | NewsBusters
What's really serious is that US News reporter Koebler either got co-opted by statist de-growth advocates into presenting an important element of their agenda in a favorable light, or served as a willing accomplice.
Oregon Considers Raising Taxes on Fuel-Efficient Cars
Oregon legislators are expected to consider a bill during the 2013 session to require drivers with a vehicle getting 55 or more miles to the gallon to pay a per-mile tax, starting in 2015.
Twitter / KHayhoe: Two-fer: first @STWorg published ...
Two-fer: first published on conpiratoral thinking in climate denial. THEN he studied the response to his study!
India could be burnt by global warming - ft.com
"The impacts on India are certainly going to be quite serious," says Rajendra Pachauri, director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) in New Delhi and chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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"There are very strong domestic and national compulsions for us to pursue a path that is more resource efficient than has been followed by the developed countries," he says. "The challenge is gigantic."

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