Friday, September 18, 2009

Peter Soley on "the new proposed carbon trading scam" - Local News
Just this week an agricultural firm sent out an email to the media outlets in Grenfell (me that is) publicizing the fact that to aid in the fight against global warming and to help agri businesses cope with the new proposed carbon trading scam – the firm is going to run tests to find sheep that give out less methane gas.
Green View
When The Climate Project (India), an independent chapter of Al Gore’s non-profit body, the Climate Project, hosts the Green Job Fair next week, seminars and talks won’t be the only mediums to spread the message. The organisation has roped in a new theatre company from Delhi, Pukar, to provide an essential prod to turn green. The 25 members of Pukar, mostly students and young professionals from the Capital, are looking towards Bollywood to drive home the message to the masses.
Think-tank behind Danish Wind Study Tied to Polluter Funding
It's not surprising that the Kochs would be involved in the effort to block the clean energy legislation, as they have long financed organizations working to raise questions about the reality and urgency of climate disruption. Those groups include Citizens for a Sound Economy, a national policy think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. that has called global warming "a verdict in search of evidence," as well as the North Carolina-based John Locke Foundation, whose efforts to scuttle action on global warming at the state level were documented in a special Facing South investigation.
A Warning on Climate Change - The Pour Blog - NYTimes.com
Paradoxically, Burgundy has experienced a short-term benefit from climate change in a series of good vintages over the last 15 years. Similar benefits can be seen in other regions like Barolo, Champagne and the Mosel and Rhine.

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