Rising Partisanship Sharply Erodes U.S. Public's Belief in Global Warming
Thursday, 03 December 2009 20:09
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The New York Times: On the eve of major international climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, belief in global warming in the United States has slipped to the lowest point in 12 years of measuring, according to a poll from New York-based Harris Interactive Inc.
As U.S. negotiators fly to the Danish capital to forge a political agreement...
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Climate Scandal Hits Capitol Hill
Thursday, 03 December 2009 10:30
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Associated Press: WASHINGTON | House Republicans said e-mails leaked from climate scientists were evidence of corruption. Administration scientists disagreed and said the situation doesn’t change the fact that the world is warming.
The e-mails from a British university were obtained by hackers and posted online about two weeks ago. Climate...
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An Unlikely Alliance: Sceptics And Greens Reject Australian ETS
Wednesday, 02 December 2009 13:56
Dr. Benny Peiser
The Ecologist: Opposition from both climate sceptics and the Green Party has seen Australia's parliament vote against plans to set up a national carbon trading scheme.
The emissions trading scheme (ETS) would have seen carbon emissions cuts of up to 25 per cent on 2000 levels by 2020 although these would not necessarily have been domestic cuts...
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Australian Senate Rejects Cap-and-Trade For Second Time
Wednesday, 02 December 2009 04:48
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Bloomberg: Australia’s Senate rejected the government’s climate-change bill a second time, creating a possible election trigger and leaving Prime Minister Kevin Rudd empty-handed when he travels to Copenhagen this month.
Senators voted 41 to 33 against the law, which included plans for a carbon trading system similar to one used in Europe...
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UK Investigation Into Multi-Billion Carbon Scam
Tuesday, 01 December 2009 20:21
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The Copenhagen Post: Denmark is the centre of a comprehensive tax scam involving CO2 quotas, in which the cheats exploit a so-called ‘VAT carrousel’, reports Ekstra Bladet newspaper. Police and authorities in several European countries are investigating scams worth billions of kroner, which all originate in the Danish quota register. The CO2...
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Australia carbon laws in doubt, election possible
Tuesday, 01 December 2009 09:32
James Grubel
Reuters: The Australian government's plans to cut carbon emissions were headed for defeat in a hostile Senate after the elevation of a new opposition leader opposed to carbon trade laws, setting a trigger for an early 2010 election.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who met President Barack Obama on Monday in Washington, wants to take a lead role at...
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Australia: Climate Revolt Topples Turnbull
Tuesday, 01 December 2009 06:49
Dr. Benny Peiser
The Wall Street Journal: The Australian government's closely watched plan to reduce carbon emissions is likely to be stalled until February, and possibly beyond, after the opposition's newly elected leader vowed to block the scheme in the Australian Senate this week. The almost certain defeat or delay of the plan in Australia's upper house means...
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Australian Opposition Leader May Be Dumped Tuesday Over Climate Change Split
Monday, 30 November 2009 18:41
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Fox News: Australia’s opposition Liberal Party will vote Tuesday on whether to dump its leader who has lost the confidence of much of the party for backing a government climate change policy. The conservative Liberals have been in meltdown for the past week over the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) legislation drafted by Prime Minister...
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Liberal Leadership Spat Risks Australian Climate Plan
Monday, 30 November 2009 17:20
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Australian opposition head Malcolm Turnbull faces the second challenge to his Liberal Party leadership in seven days in a stand-off that threatens to derail the nation’s plan to control emissions blamed for global warming.
Party lawmakers will consider the leadership on Dec. 1, one day after the Senate reconvenes in a bid to pass...
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