All Entries Tagged With: "Climate Policy"
Honor as Due
by Einar Du Rietz “Welcome to the United Nations. It’s your world”, reads the top banner. Thank you very much, but I’ll stick to the part that belongs to me, while – also – doing my modest share in trying to persuade other people to please not make a mess of the rest of [...]
More Than Rio
by Einar Du Rietz The Rio circus has barely started and already, reports are streaming in on plans for international taxation schemes, close to police power for the UNEP…believe me, the list will be longer. For regular reports from our team in Rio, check out www.cfact.org . Meanwhile, in Europe, the environment ministers don’t want [...]
Scary Monsters
by Einar Du Rietz During my years in the climate debate, I’ve been called all sorts of things. Climate Hater, Weather Denier, to mention a few. Apparently all climate realists are now also “Anti-Science”, and according to Robin McKie, writing for the Observer, though this article was found in our fanzine The Guardian, people are getting [...]
Have Some Fun In Durban EU
by Einar Du Rietz Wiser from the Copenhagen hysteria, all sides – except President Zuma, who is forced to show some enthusiasm, and in a way The Holy Father, who wants a “credible” outcome (nothing wrong with credibility) - seem to agree that COP17 in Durban wont accomplish anything. As for me, I’m content with that, but [...]
Play methane madness: Put a cork in Gore’s day of hype
Click to play Methane Madness! “Put a cork in it, Al!” That’s the message students are sending Al Gore, radical climate campaigners and assorted other bohemians, grant-seekers and profiteers cashing in on the global warming craze. Al Gore is calling on folks to make September 14th a day of climate action through a series of [...]
Poland blocks EU environment council on climate
Poland, which is about to assume the EU Presidency, is so fed up with EU climate policy that on June 22 it blocked the conclusions of the EU environmental ministers council. Polish good sense blocked the ministers from recommending the EU reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050 which would devastate European economies. This [...]
UN climate of desperation
DAVID ROTHBARD & CRAIG RUCKER – The Washington Times As the United Nations wrapped up its recent climate conference in Bonn, talks organizer Christiana Figueres proclaimed that climate change is the “the most important negotiation the world has ever faced.” Faced with real problems – financial meltdowns, unemployment, war and genuine human suffering – the [...]
6th International Conference on Climate Change watch live here June 30-July 1
Watch live streaming video from heartlandinstitute at livestream.com CFACT is proud to partner with the Heartland Institute to bring you the 6th International Conference on Climate Change. Heartland continues to do a real service to science with these conferences which we all should appreciate.
CFACT / EIKE scientific briefing – Bonn climate conference. Watch now from the UNFCCC
Scientific briefing CLICK TO VIEW NOW This morning CFACT & EIKE presented a scientific briefing at the UN conference on climate change in Bonn, Germany. The briefing was introduced by Wolfgang Müller of EIKE and Berlin’s Manhattan Institut and featured Professor em. Friedrich Karl Ewert a geologist from Paderborn University and Dr. Horst Borchert of [...]
Green taxes v. green research v. productivity
UK green energy researchers seek exemption from green energy taxes The Guardian reports that “world-class research into future sources of green energy is under threat in Britain from an environmental tax designed to boost energy efficiency and drive down carbon emissions.” Researchers at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy complained to The Guardian that, “considering [...]
Kyoto protocol sinking fast
Four G8 nations abandon Kyoto’s ship French wire service AFP reports that Russia, Japan and Canada have all indicated that they will cease following carbon limits agreed to under the Kyoto protocol. In addition, President Obama stated at a dinner Thursday night that he does not intend to bring the U.S. into Kyoto. The global [...]
Leak: Denmark claims the North Pole. Good place for a wind farm?
Plans for North Pole dominance expose Danish climate hypocrisy A leaked document titled “Strategy for the Arctic” lays out Denmark’s plans to lay formal claim to the North Pole. Yet the Danish Commission on Climate Change recently released plans to make Denmark “oil free” by 2050. What exactly do the soon to be oil free [...]
CFACT’s Morano: No climate — tornado link
Click to view CFACT’s Marc Morano, editor of Climate Depot, appeared on Fox News to explain the absurdity of blaming tornadoes on global warming. Said Morano: “The idea that our SUVs are causing severe tornadoes is no better than in 1450 when Aztec priests encouraged people to sacrifice to the gods to end severe drought. [...]
BOMBSHELL: Shutting down energy won’t reduce asserted warming
From Paul Driessen: “In response to pleas for more energy, to meet basic human needs and lift people out of poverty, many politicians and activists continue to insist that “dangerous global warming” concerns must override even these human interests. Now comes this incredible bombshell from Australia’s top climate change commissioner: Even if Australia cuts emissions [...]
Massive carbon fraud cost Germany €850 million
“Fictitious trades, fictitious companies, bogus addresses” The Süddeutschen Zeitung reports that German fraud investigators have found that €850 million fell off the table when shady companies swarmed into the carbon trading, emissions and energy business. The criminal companies rake in tens to hundreds of millions, fend off regulators with delaying tactics and then announce bankruptcy [...]
