78% of Oil Execs Say Cap-and-Trade Won’t Safeguard the Environment

About 78 percent of fossil fuel industry executives say that the proposed cap-and-trade legislation for carbon emissions will be ineffective in safeguarding the environment, according to the 2010 Energy Outlook Survey from BDO Seidman LLP.

The survey of 100 chief financial officers at U.S. oil and gas exploration and production firms also found that 48 percent think wind energy will best contribute to the world’s future energy needs. Biofuels (23 percent), solar (16 percent) and hydroelectric (10 percent) bring up the rear.  [Where's nuclear power?]

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Plimer, Monbiot cross swords in climate debate - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Controversial climate change denier Professor Ian Plimer and The Guardian's George Monbiot join Lateline, after previously having a debate famously cancelled over the validity of climate science.

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ENDS Copenhagen Blog: US embraces US$100bn long-term financing – subject to conditions

The US is prepared to work towards a goal of mobilising US$100bn a year by 2020 for developing countries, in return for conditions including full transparency from developing countries on mitigation, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced in Copenhagen.
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The US$100bn will come from "a wide variety of sources", she said. "It is not important to agree how we will raise it but to agree that is what we are going to do." There would be "a significant focus on forestry and adaptation particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable".