Tag Archives: European Union

NewsBytes – EU-Turn: Europe May Roll Back Costly Green Agenda

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

From The GWPF and Dr. Benny Peiser Will Shale Revolution Trigger A New World Order? EU leaders will grapple with controversial issues including shale gas development and climate change mitigation at an energy summit on 22 May, documents obtained by … Continue reading →

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Newsbytes: Climate Sceptics Win Rocks Britain’s Political Landscape

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

From the GWPF and Dr. Benny Peiser Green Lobby Concerned The UK Independence Party has overtaken the Liberal Democrats as the third party of British politics, Nigel Farage declared today as he made major gains in local elections. As senior … Continue reading →

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Lords a leapin

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

Guest post by Mike Jonas From the UK’s BBC comes this news item: Trillion-euro shortfall facing EU energy sector – Lords Committee Under the obligatory photo of chimneys spewing steam, is a totally uncritical article on the final report from … Continue reading →

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EU Carbon Trading ‘death spiral’ continues

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

UPDATE: it’s worse than we thought, see below. Carbon has closed below $4 a ton in a new record low while Deutsche Bank bails From Reuters: Deutsche Bank quits carbon market: board member 31 Jan 2013 12:42 Last updated: 31 … Continue reading →

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The disparity of carbon dioxide emissions vividly illustrated by competing news stories

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

I noted this juxtaposing today, and thought I would share it. First this story from Reuters today: EU capped emissions fall below expectations * Carbon prices drop to record low * Power sector down 3.1 pct, others off by 0.5 … Continue reading →

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EU carbon sinks to new record low – loses nearly 40% of value in January

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

From the told ya so department, after a small dead cat bounce yesterday due to an auction, traders are unloading today. Yesterday’s closing price was 5.02, today it is 4.64. That’s a value loss of 8% in a single day. … Continue reading →

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Oh that’s gonna leave a mark – EU carbon trading ‘worthless’

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

From the I’ve been telling you so for some time now department comes this headline from Bloomberg. And it is getting desperate in the carbon market. Readers may recall last week I reported two new record lows on the EU … Continue reading →

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End times for carbon trading

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Readers may recall this story this past week at WUWT: European Carbon Trading Hits Another Record Low. It was a short lived record, beaten again the very next day. Today, from Reuters Point Carbon, a view of the end times … Continue reading →

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European Carbon Trading Hits Another Record Low

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Sluggish German economy forces EU carbon to record low 17 Jan 2013 17:26 Last updated: 17 Jan 2013 21:32 LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) – EU carbon prices hit a fresh record low on Thursday as poor economic data … Continue reading →

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Is green energy a fad that has run its course?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

So, How’s Your Green Energy Stock Doing? Guest post By Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times Is green energy a fad that has run its course? The investment community seems to think so. RENIXX® World, the Renewable Energy … Continue reading →

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On losing the 2°C battle

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

We’ve already posted on how China is moving right along now as the big kahuna of CO2 emissions, now it seems there’s some despair over the inability to miss the imagined 2°C target set by wishful thinkers. From CSIRO: The … Continue reading →

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Record high for global carbon emissions – China is the leader

Posted on December 2, 2012 by

From the University of East Anglia  home of Climatgate and Phil Jones. Fortunately, we already covered this at WUWT graphically as shown below: This graph and subsequent story shows just how well the Kyoto protocol has succeeded, which is to … Continue reading →

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EU aircraft carbon emissions tax crashes and burns

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

From the BBC comes this bit of good news: EU suspends aircraft emissions trading rules The European Union has agreed to suspend its rules that require airlines flying to and from airports in the EU to pay for their carbon … Continue reading →

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An ill wind blows from wind turbines

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

Newsbytes from the GWPF, Lies, Damn Lies And Green Statistics Almost all predictions about the expansion and cost of German wind turbines and solar panels have turned out to be wrong – at least by a factor of two, sometimes … Continue reading →

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Newsbytes: EU Energy Commissioner Warns Against New Climate Targets

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

Seems like sanity has infected the EU Energy commissioner. A collection of news stories from Dr. Benny Peiser at The GWPF: I strongly advise against more stringent climate targets after 2020. — Günther Oettinger, EU Energy Commissioner, Financial Times Deutschland, … Continue reading →

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Scientific peer review and publishing taking a turn for the better

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

A number of people have brought this recent article in the Economist to my attention. Some excerpts:

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Per capita CO2 emissions in China reach European levels

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

From the European Commission Joint Research Centre Global CO2 emissions continue to increase Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) – the main cause of global warming – increased by 3% last year, reaching an all-time high of 34 billion tonnes … Continue reading →

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USA CO2 emissions fall 7.7%

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

From vancouverobserver.com. Every year the International Energy Agency (IEA) calculates humanity’s CO2 pollution from burning fossil fuels. And once again, the overall story line is one of ever-increasing emissions: “Global carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel combustion reached a record high of … Continue reading →

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Green energy companies off the government teat in Spain, take off

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Spain Ejects Green Energy Lobby by Alex Morales and Ben Sills, Bloomberg Spanish renewable-energy companies that once got Europe’s biggest subsidies are deserting the nation after the government shut off aid, pushing project developers and equipment-makers to work abroad or … Continue reading →

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EU violates Aarhus Convention in ‘20% renewable energy by 2020’ program

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   UN: EU violates Aarhus Convention   The Compliance Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), which enforces the Aarhus Convention to which the EU is a party, has issued draft findings and … Continue reading →

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