Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Greens: Victims or Vagabonds? « The Daily Bayonet
There’s a trend for radical greens to publicly threaten their opponents, to wish the power of state upon them, or to execute them for their beliefs. Clive Hamilton would have you believe only climate scientists are threatened, but the inconvenient truth is that much of the violent rhetoric comes from his own camp.
Solano supervisors to begin planning for global warming - San Francisco Solano County Buzz | Examiner.com
Whether global warming is a strictly natural phenomenon or at least partially the result of human activities may still be debatable, but damage expected from rising sea levels is not.
Radio Australia:Asia Pacific:Story:Aust Treasurer sells carbon tax
But the Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey is sceptical. He wants to see the full Treasury modelling.

HOCKEY: And here he is, going to the Press Club, talking about a carbon tax modelling and he doesn't reveal model! He doesn't release any model. He doesn't release any assumptions in the modelling, he doesn't release any detail that would be held up to scrutiny. This just adds to the confusion and uncertainty about the carbon tax, and I think Australians will just look at him and wonder, how they ended up with him as Treasurer.
Coal Rises on Speculation Demand May Build as Reservoirs Fall - Bloomberg
European coal derivatives rose on speculation demand may strengthen in the region as countries cut nuclear output and reservoir levels fall.

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