More at BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16151310 UPI says: The cost of meeting Canada’s obligations under Kyoto would be $13.6 billion, Kent said. “That’s $1,600 from every Canadian family — that’s the Kyoto…
Tag: Kyoto Protocol
The Durban COPx ‘til we meet again, historically
By Christopher Horner The annual “historic agreement” to meet again later — wait, sorry, that’s “to save the planet” — has been agreed, to the also-annual teary-eyed hugging and standing…
Last minute Durban deal reached – extends life of Kyoto protocol
Kyoto has become a zombie, coming to life after being dead… Excerpts from Yahoo News (AP) — A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement Sunday on a complex and…
Latest extortion attempt from Durban COP17: $1.6 Trillion
Gosh. Who knew that a massive tax could solve all imagined climate problems? David L. Hagen writes: The UN is demanding control over $1.6 trillion per year to control climate.…
The tweet end view of Durban
Some Twitter reports from Durban Twitter / @john_vidal: how many countries will he … how many countries will head home so they dont have to be seen rejecting #cop17 Durban…
BREAKING: Canada to pull out of Kyoto Protocol
CTVNews.ca Staff Date: Sun. Nov. 27 2011 10:08 PM ET Canada will announce next month that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, CTV News has learned.
Climate Craziness of the Week – occupy Durban
You know it had to happen. What better place could there be for the great unwashed to protest? Gotta love the dead green tree growing out of the Earth. Here’s…
Just in time for Durban: US backs off on UN Green Climate Fund
Thanks perhaps in part to Climategate 2, it is looking less like success and more like FAIL at Durban. The US has backed off and now refuses to agree to…
Leaked IPCC Draft: Climate Change Signals Expected To Be Relatively Small Over Coming 20-30 Years
It seems that according the early draft, CO2 induced climate change is going to take a backseat to natural variability. Newsbytes from Dr. Benny Peiser at The GWPF The IPCC…
"…the world's only structure for curbing greenhouse gas emissions appears about to crumble"
Uh oh. From the NYT, a harbinger of failure. But then again looking at Copenhagen and Cancun, why should this meeting in Durban be any different? Nations Heading to Durban…
They had to burn the village to save it from global warming
From Wikipedia: One of the most famous quotes of the Vietnam War was a statement attributed to an unnamed U.S. officer by AP correspondent Peter Arnett. Writing about the provincial…
Kyoto fail – CO2 emissions still going up
From the European Commission Joint Research Centre Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) – the main cause of global…
Gorefail: The state of the global green movement is "shambolic"
Via Glen Reynolds at Instapundit comes this excellent essay by Walter Russel Mead at the American Interest. The Failure Of Al Gore: Part One. It must be as perplexing to…
EU Carbon Credit trading takes a dive. In Greece, they can't hardly give EU carbon credits away
Guest post by Ecotretas CO2 tumbling down Once upon a time, carbon trading was supposed to be the salvation for Earth’s climate problems. But as time went on, people started…
Countdown to flatline: world carbon trading market falls for first time – World Bank reports rumblings of possible failure
I wonder how long before flatlining occurs, like last year with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX): Even the Guardian is covering this “failure” of carbon markets. They write: The…
The "next big thing": a carbon swap bank
Via Eurekalert: Carbon swap bank to beat climate change Could swapping carbon emissions rather than trading them reduce climate change? Australian researchers have suggested that nations should abandon the concept…
Kyoto Protocol: Bad Science = Bad Policy
Guest Post by Ruth Bonnett As early as 1969, writings by Ayn Rand – philosopher and novelist – sounded the alarm bells on the environmentalist movement and the potential impact…
News Bites – Real Climate Progress In Cancun
From the GWPF Green Agenda Kicked Into UN Black Hole The climate change conference in Cancún has ended with failure to set a target date for the reduction of carbon…
Cancun ends with "low hanging fruit", but fails to renew Kyoto
Maybe the failure had more to do with the caliber of people attending…like these McKibben zombies. Heads go in the sand at 8:45 in the video: From Politico: Negotiators from…
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