E.ON chief attacks ‘ineffective’ carbon tax | The Times

The boss of one of the UK’s largest energy companies has attacked a new green tax that will add an estimated £10 to annual electricity bills from April 1 as “completely ineffective”.

Tony Cocker, chief executive of German-owned E.ON UK, said that the carbon tax — originally intended to promote the construction of new nuclear reactors — will only result in a windfall for the Treasury and the operator of the UK’s existing nuclear fleet, EDF Energy.

Second US carbon tax plan mooted | RTCC - Climate change news

Robert Frank, professor of economics and management at Cornell University, argues that any remaining doubt on climate change science should be set aside and climate legislation progressed.

“Opponents of carbon taxation often argue that the policy isn’t warranted because climate change estimates are highly uncertain,” said Frank.

“No one would argue that a country doesn’t need an army just because there’s uncertainty about whether an invasion will occur,” he added.

USA NOAA Feb 2013 – Colder Than 1896 and 1898 and 1907 and 45 Other February’s | sunshine hours

Not much sign of warming this February. The following list are the February’s warmer than 2013:

1896 1898 1907 1909 1915 1921 1924 1925 1926 1927 1930 1931 1932 1935 1938 1943 1945 1946 1950 1952 1953 1954 1957 1961 1962 1970 1974 1976 1977 1981 1983 1984 1986 1987 1990 1991 1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2005 2006 2009 2012