Bankrupt Britain: Funding cuts 'threaten to kill UK's nuclear research programme'
The Times: Britain’s entire nuclear research programme could collapse under funding cuts announced yesterday by the Government’s physics agency, scientists have warned. They predicted that the cuts will leave the UK incapable of training the technicians required for a planned new generation of nuclear plants.The Science and Technology...
Outmaneuvered: EU Left Out in the Cold
Financial Times: The European Union insisted a deal had not yet been finalised and said talks were continuing. An EU press conference, at which leaders were expected to announce a deal, was postponed as officials said another round of negotiations had been opened and important details were still to be resolved. ”They still haven’t finalised...Patrick Michaels: How to Manufacture a Climate Consensus
The Wall Street Journal: Few people understand the real significance of Climategate, the now-famous hacking of emails from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU). Most see the contents as demonstrating some arbitrary manipulating of various climate data sources in order to fit preconceived hypotheses (true), or as...Soot's Dominant Role in the Himalayas
Tiny soot particles, also known as black carbon, are released into the air from the large South Asian cities. When fossil fuels are burned without enough oxygen to complete combustion, one of the byproducts is black carbon, an aerosol that absorbs solar radiation (most classes of aerosols typically reflect incoming sunlight, causing a cooling...Disarray over Copenhagen ‘Deal’
Financial Times: The United Nations’ climate change summit in Copenhagen ended in apparent disarray on Friday night with some world leaders hailing a “meaningful agreement”, while others said no deal had been struck.The US, China, Brazil, India and South Africa claimed, after a four-hour meeting, to have secured a partial pact. But their...
Peter Lilley: Global Warming as Groupthink
The Wall Street Journal: It is easy to mock the thousands of activists, officials and ministers flying to Copenhagen in their jets, driving around in an immense fleet of limousines, and collectively emitting more carbon dioxide than a small African country—all to force the rest of us to reduce our carbon footprints. But it is one thing to...The GWPF
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Met Office Criticised for Political Lobbying
Friday, 11 December 2009
LONDON, 11 December 2009 - The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) today criticised the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UK Met Office for their political intervention in the... Read more...
Friday, 11 December 2009
LONDON, 11 December 2009 - The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) today criticised the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UK Met Office for their political intervention in the... Read more...
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Developing world threatens battle on drafts
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
COP15 News: African countries, Brazil, China, South Africa and India say they have produced a default proposal to be used only if rich countries try to shortcut UN-led negotiations in Copenhagen. At... Read more...
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
COP15 News: African countries, Brazil, China, South Africa and India say they have produced a default proposal to be used only if rich countries try to shortcut UN-led negotiations in Copenhagen. At... Read more...