Obama's Green Protectionism May Trigger Trade War
Friday, 18 May 2012 12:31
Wayne Ma, The Wall Street Journal
China unleashed a storm of protest across multiple outlets criticizing the U.S. decision to impose a 31% antidumping tariff on Chinese solar-panel makers and said the action could backfire on U.S. industries.
The U.S. decision against China raises trade tensions, which already were heightened because of issues ranging from China's export quota...
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US Government Spent Nearly $70 Billion On ‘Climate Activities’ Since 2008
Friday, 18 May 2012 07:25
Caroline May, The Daily Caller
The Congressional Research Service estimates that since 2008 the federal government has spent nearly $70 billion on “climate change activities.”
Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Inhofe presented the new CRS report on the Senate Floor Thursday to make the point that the Obama administration has been focused on “green” defense projects to...
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What Is Behind The Fall Of Germany’s Eco-Minister?
Thursday, 17 May 2012 10:35
Peter Heller, Wissenschaft kritisch hinterfragt
Norbert Röttgen, Angela Merkel's Environment Minister, was - until a few hours ago - the face of Germany’s green energy transition. He aligned himself with a goal which can be stated politically, but which cannot be reached technically. His sacking was therefore inevitable. He is the first political victim of the green energy transition - he...
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How Canada Stopped Talking About Climate Change
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:41
Dan Gardner, Ottawa Citizen
"Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has successfully ridden the climate change juggernaut to its inevitable end. In the years to come, as the international climate change file gradually fades into obscurity, similar to many other such utopian initiatives, he can look back with satisfaction at a job well done."
Let’s recap the Harper...
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Duration Of 'Kyoto 2' Threatens Rift At UN Climate Talks
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 12:55
Reuters
A dispute over the length of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol has threatened to fracture a coalition between the EU and some of the world's poorest countries at the latest round of U.N. climate talks, which started in Bonn on Monday.
Negotiators from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the Alliance of Small Island States...
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Little Chance Of Progress At Stalled UN Climate Talks
Monday, 14 May 2012 11:42
Richard Black, BBc News
UN climate talks have opened in Germany, with the EU struggling to keep its position of a global leader. Many observers are not expecting much progress to be made either in Bonn or at the annual end-of-year UN climate summit, to be hosted by Qatar.
Small developing countries that linked up with the EU in a new coalition last year say the bloc...
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Robert Murphy: What Nordhaus Gets Wrong About Climate Change
Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:22
Robert Murphy, Institute for Energy Research
Although leading climate economist William Nordhaus tries to cast himself as the messenger of objective science, his attempt to rebut the “global warming skeptics” is itself filled with misleading arguments. The actual situation is that the physical climate models have indeed predicted more warming than has actually occurred, while the...
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Media Investigation Into False Death Threats Claims
Saturday, 12 May 2012 07:34
Chris Merrit, The Australian
After triggering a global news event with reports about death threats against climate scientists, the ABC and Fairfax Media are under investigation by Media Watch after a central plank supporting their reports was found to be non-existent.
Before the flaws in their reports were revealed, their versions of the truth had been picked up by...
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Liberal Democrats Dresden: Alternative Climate Conference
Friday, 11 May 2012 14:39
Liberal Democratic Party, Dresden
Alternative climate conference: "Can We Be Saved? Between Climate Catastrophe and Eco-Hysteria"
An Alternative Climate Change Conference by the Saxon State Parliamentary Liberal Democratic Party (FDP) and the EU Parliamentary Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
Saturday, 30 June 2012 - International Congress...
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