Via Andrew Bolt in email, some surprising revelations about New Zealand’s Prime minister and his previous opinion of the ETS. It appears he has done a complete about face from…
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New Zealand begins emissions trading scheme, meanwhile the Gore/Pachauri Chicago Climate Exchange is flatlining
The months of flatlining at the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) should be a hint to the rest of the world that carbon trading is dead. Time to take it off…
What Australian Media is saying about Rudd, Gillard, and ETS – which looks dead for now
Via the GWPF and Dr. Benny Peiser – here is a summary of articles discussing the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) future in Australian politics. ETS looks “deader ‘n a doornail”…
Whale poop fights global warming
Click here to watch the video..NOT From the Sydney Herald Southern Ocean sperm whales are an unexpected ally in the fight against global warming, removing the equivalent carbon emissions from…
Kerry-(Graham)-Lieberman: a monstrous collection of payoffs to big business
By Myron Ebell, via Globalwarming.org The chance that the Senate will pass a comprehensive energy-rationing (a k a climate) bill this year remains close to zero. BP’s big oil spill…
Australia dumps Carbon Trading Scheme
WUWT reader Chris M Writes in Tips and Notes to WUWT Have you noticed that the Australian PM, Kevin Rudd has dumped his CTS until at least 2012. This was…
Carbon Emissionaries
In 2005, the European Union (EU) put into place a carbon trading scheme. Prices for carbon permits promptly plunged, and have remained depressed since then. The price for a permit…
French give up on carbon tax plan – for now
In a move sure to set off a tirade from Joe Romm, we have this story from the BBC: French government backs down on carbon tax plan The French government…
Scandal brewing in the Euro carbon credits market
This report is from Europe via The Times Online. Meanwhile back here in the USA, the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is going through a record period of low price (ten…
Australia's restrictive Rudd government about to claim its first carbon bureaucracy victim
Wholesale theft in the name of carbon By Jo Nova Imagine a third world nation was mired in corruption so deeply that the ruling class were able to stealthily steal…
Carbon trading fraud in Belgium – "up to 90% of the whole market volume was caused by fraudulent activities"
From the Guardian: Belgian prosecutors highlighted the massive losses faced by EU governments from VAT fraud today after they charged three Britons and a Dutchman with money-laundering following an investigation…
Pachauri's Carbon Choo-Choo off the rails
There are some interesting developments in British press about the IPCC and Pachauri, both on the extraordinary financial conflicts of interest in the IPCC process. In the UK Telegraph, Richard…
News from Copenhagen: Denmark rife with CO2 fraud
Gosh, who could have predicting this? Oh, wait, haven’t we we heard this same thing months before in Britain? See this WUWT story. From Tuesday, 01 December 2009 10:08 DN…
Australia's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) fails 41 to 33 – Climategate a contributor
Add this to the United State’s Senate failure to even address the cap and trade issue, and it appears that carbon trading is losing the financial and political luster it…
Ripples of Climategate? Liberal MP's desert Turnbull in Australia over emissions trading scheme
Wow, Australia’s parliament just imploded over discord due to emissions trading scheme being pushed by opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull (website here). Here’s the news from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Pretty…
Carbon Credit Market Imploding: CCX now 10 cents a tonne
We knew this was coming. Carbon Financial Instruments are now trading for 10 cents per metric tonne on the Chicago Climate Exchange. I wonder if the investors are reacting to…
Carbon offsets lose 20% of their value in the last week at CCX
It appears that the carbon offset market is dying in the USA. You may recall the WUWT story from 9/9/09 on the Chicago Climate Exchange trading price dropping to 25…
Carbon offset kiosk at SFO sells carbon credits at 60 times the market rate
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the SFO airport has now installed carbon offset purchase kiosks so that you can remove the guilt from your flight. Only one problem. The…
Market Confidence Low: Carbon Credits now worth 25 cents, were at $7 in 2008
From Tom Nelson: Plunging prices at the Chicago Climate Exchange ABOVE: CCX CFI End of Day Summary: Offsets now selling for 25 cents each Back on September 2nd, 2006/2007 instruments…
"This is barking mad. We're an island – how else are we going to leave it from time to time? By rowing boat?"
The title was from a comment in the London Times on this story about Carbon Taxes on air travel to/from Britain. h/t to Leif Svalgaard. Passengers face new tax to…
National Association of Wheat Growers reverses policy on climate change – opposes EPA regulation
From DTN News: NAWG Reverses Policy on Climate Change (story link here) A statement Friday from Karl Scronce, National Association of Wheat Growers president and a wheat producer from Klamath…
UK Arrests in Carbon Credit Trading Scam – organized crime said to be involved
From the UK Telegraph: Seven arrests in suspected £38m carbon credit fraud Seven people have been arrested and 27 residence and office locations were raided by police over a suspected…
Spencer on Waxman-Markey's Cap and Trade
Cap and Trade and the Illusion of the New Green Economy Dr. Roy Spencer, from his blog at www.drroyspencer.com July 1st, 2009 I don’t think Al Gore in his wildest…
Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade Bill: The next step – your chance for input
As you know, the next battle on the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill will be fought in the Senate. Maybe then they’ll read those 300+ pages added at 3:09AM the…
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