A&B seeks funding for climate change adaptation

Black-Layne co-chairs a finance committee charged with setting the performance criteria for the [UN Green Climate Hoax Fund].

She is in Berlin this week where the board of the CGF is meeting.

“The fund is at its very early stages, so we are designing rules of procedure, voting, the selection of the seating of the secretariat, establishing the staffing of the secretariat and various things of operationalising it,” the chief environment officer explained.

Energy: Deep sigh of relief | The Economist

The shale gas and oil bonanza is transforming America’s energy outlook and boosting its economy

Cold Feet? Obama Likely To Delay Carbon Rules For New Power Plants | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

The Obama administration is leaning toward revising its landmark proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants, according to several individuals briefed on the matter, a move that would delay tougher restrictions and could anger many environmentalists.

EU Leaders Weigh Green Goals Against Growth | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

A leaked document shows that EU leaders are thinking about putting the brakes on their green ambitions in favor of growth-inducing policies. A 2008 EU law requires the bloc to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2020. Wide-eyed green optimists hoped the EU would set 40 percent reduction goals for 2030. But as lawmakers prepare to draft those targets (a first draft is due by the end of this year), the Eurozone’s debt crisis and austerity budgets are tempering that outlook.

Large UK Wind Farms Are Net CO2 Emitters | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

Large British wind farms will actually release as much carbon dioxide as fossil-fuel power plants, according to a study conducted by researchers from Aberdeen University and published in the journal Nature.