Earth Hour, Smog & Kim Jong Il | NoFrakkingConsensus

...But that’s nothing compared to another poster which features a photograph of North Korea’s late dictator, Kim Jong Il with the text: “Standby lights are evil” added to it. I can’t think of a better illustration of one of Ben Pile’s frequent themes. As he says: “environmentalists have no sense of proportion.”

Libs could sack climate staff and sub-let offices

An incoming Coalition government might sack staff from the doomed Climate Change Department if they refuse to take redundancies.

The subsequent surplus office space in the Nishi building could be sub-let, or the Coalition might cancel the department's 15-year $158 million lease.

Opposition climate action spokesman Greg Hunt detailed plans for abolishing the department amid reports the government might get in first to make savings in the budget.

China backing away from carbon tax in 2013, official says | Eco-Business.com

China will wait until after this year to introduce a tax on carbon, deferring to concern that economic growth might suffer, a government researcher said.