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Daily Round-up
March 7, 2007

Some global warming-related stories you may have missed:

• British companies involved in the Emissions Trading Scheme enjoy a $1.5 billion profits windfall while energy prices to the consumer increased 72 percent
• Germany at odds with France over emissions reductions
• Some Texas mayors upset by Houston mayor\'s emissions policies infringing on their cities
• Bank of America sees the dollar signs involved in carbon trading (for an explanation of why this is a cartel, not involving new money, see here)
• Hugo Chavez thinks his country has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia
• Climate scientist Roger Pielke Sr discover what looks like a big mistake in the IPCC summary.

Daily Round-up
March 6, 2007

Just a couple of stories today:

• EU industry commissioner warns against \'climate hysteria\'
• China may overtake US as world\'s largest emitter this year
• Canada \'s Fraser Institite on adaptive management of the climate risk

Finally, a propos of the first item, a reminder that the EU\'s economy is 20 to 30 years behind America\'s.

Daily Round-up
March 5, 2007

Lots of global warming-related stories you may have missed:

• Threat of Kyoto is leading to wholesale deforestation in New Zealand
• UN climate talks aren\'t going anywhere
• IPCC chief says it will be very difficult to limit temperature rise to 2 degrees C
• Irish emissions rise
• France opposes binding targets on renewable energy use
• Scientific paper that suggested Gulf Stream slowdown was based on a trivial error
• More evidence of the effect of solar variability
• Cap and trade schemes around the world aren\'t working
• UK likely to miss its emissions reduction targets
• Shipping contributes twice as much to emissions as aviation
• The Internet is using more and more energy
• Why a leading French atmospheric scientist and socialist politician recanted
• Leading evangelicals concerned that global warming alarmism is diverting National Association of Evangelicals staff from \"the great moral issues.\"
• Environmentalists concerned at rush to Ethanol

Daily Round-up
March 2, 2007

Some global warming-related stories you may have missed:

• The role of warming in species extinctions might be less than thought.
• Antarctic debris may protect ice from rising sea levels
• International Energy Agency head says EU emissions reduction plans may be too expensive.
• In Canada, the Liberal Party\'s record on the environment contrasts with their rhetoric to create political problems for them.
• German carmakers can\'t meet the EU\'s emissions reduction targets.

Daily Round-up
February 28, 2007

Some more global warming-related stories you may have missed:

• Developing world countries including China and Indiareject any talk of limiting their own emissions.
• Global hurricane intensity isn\'t increasing.
• How global emissions trading represents a global wealth redistribution scheme.
• John Tierney interviews an heretical environmentalist.
• Environmental finance house makes loss of about $20 million.

Daily Round-up
February 27, 2007

Some global-warming related stories you may have missed:

• The EU\'s rapidly rising transport emissions mean that they won\'t meet their Kyoto targets \"without additional measures.\"
• Ireland is in a particular pickle with its transport emissions.
• British government Ministers are contributing to the problem.
• Hedge funds are rapidly retreating from investment in renewable energy technologies, which is showing signs of being a classic bubble market.
• Sen. Feinstein says mandatory caps on emissions will not pass the Senate for \"years.\"
• Scientist Roy Spencer points out the serious deficiencies of global climate models.

Daily Round-up
February 26, 2007

Here\'s a few global warming-related stories from around the world today:

• Germany may have to sacrifice its luxury car industry to pursue global warming mitigation policies.
• Renault is expecting to have to raise its prices for new cars as a result of the same policies.
• China and India are raking it in as European companies, unable to reduce emissions, buy credits from those countries. Italy will spend the equivalent of the economy of Iceland this year.
• UN data confirm that America\'s recent performance on emissions is much better than Europe\'s.
• Greece \'s emissions are rising sharply, an embarrassment for Stavros Dimas, the EU Environment Commissioner, who is Greek.

The Washington Times story about the UN data also includes the following:

Global warming is not a \"top-tier\" issue, according to a Pew Research survey of 1,708 adults. Respondents ranked the issue fourth from last in a 23-item list of policy priorities for the White House and Congress. Only 19 percent expressed \"deep concern\" about global warming. A minority 47 percent blamed it on human activity. Among conservative Republicans, the figure was 20 percent; among liberal Democrats, 71 percent.

\"The issue is of relatively low priority for members of both parties,\" the survey said. It was conducted Jan. 10 to 15, with a margin of error of three percentage points.

GlobalWarming.org is back
February 26, 2007

Security concerns meant we had to take the site down to strengthen it. Were back now, more resilient than ever, and will try to update regularly with global warming-related stories you wont find anywhere else