December 9, 2010 – 3:00 pm
From UK’s Metro Festivities are facing a white-out with the return of snow next week and Arctic conditions set to continue beyond the 25th. It means drivers are being warned not to travel in the run-up to Christmas, when millions hit the roads to visit relatives or to do last-minute shopping. Chaos across the transport […]
December 8, 2010 – 11:20 am
You could just imagine some people at the UN building screaming and gnashing their, having to be physically held back, over this release Cancun climate change summit: glaciers increasing despite climate change Glaciers in many parts of the world are increasing, according to a new United Nations report, despite climate change. Glaciers have grown in […]
December 8, 2010 – 9:05 am
Remember when developing countries were referred to as third world rat holes, er, countries? And how they have been “developing” for going on 20-30 years? Countries where many of the peasants need to cut down trees in order to survive? And the countries use the trees to continue “developing”? Well, now For years, policymakers and […]
December 7, 2010 – 3:25 pm
You said you wanted more hysteria, here you go In the next decade, the effects of a rapidly warming climate could kill 5 million people—as many as live in Singapore or Finland. More than 99 percent of those deaths will likely occur in developing countries, and almost four-fifths are expected to happen in South Asia […]
December 5, 2010 – 3:43 pm
Obviously, the correct thing to do if your pet cult is dying is to provide more scientific proof, right? RIGHT? The number of Americans who believe that global warming is a scientific fact has been dropping, and environmental groups and climate scientists who say the evidence for warming is clear are scratching their heads over […]
December 4, 2010 – 9:30 am
Poor little babies, can’t get in on all the moolah and the awesome buffets The UN climate negotiations are weighted heavily against the poorest countries, who cannot send delegates to key meetings, often do not understand what is being said and are unable keep up with the decisions being taken in their name, a report […]
December 1, 2010 – 9:56 am
Welcome to sunny, wonderful, exotic Cancun, where the water is warm, the drinks are cool, and airports are very busy! Via Campesina will bring 4,000 Mexicans – indigenous peoples, farmers and their allies to Cancun, and a few hundred from the Global South. The Bolivian government is flying in 90 people, and Venezuela is flying […]
November 30, 2010 – 9:37 am
The Washington Post highlights the potential change in tactics by the alarmists (in order to continue on the path for more control of people and economies, along with redistribution of wealth, especially to their own pockets, ala Al Gore) Many policymakers and business leaders have come to see the most basic method of slowing global […]
November 28, 2010 – 8:23 am
Sadly, you can’t really call be too critical of her, because actual scientists and people in the know hold the same idiotic notions: Helena Christensen calls for action on climate change The supermodel, who is a global ambassador for Oxfam, visited villages in the foothills of the Himalayas to see first hand the effect of […]
November 23, 2010 – 11:12 am
You know how this is going to end, right? Thom Yorke wants your help to recreate an 11th-century Viking monarch. The Radiohead frontman is recruiting 2,000 people to join him in Brighton this weekend, where he hopes to construct a “human sculpture” of King Canute. The gargantuan art installation is part of an awareness campaign […]
