Skeptics

The Evening Standard's recent run-in with the press complaints commission (which can be viewed here http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394299.html ), which regarded last years Climate Action Camp near Heathrow Airport, seems to have resulted in a remarkable volte-face with regards to climate activism. These photographs where taken of billboards around London on Fossil Fools day.

Carta de las Visitadoras al comisario Maigret

Carlos Ortiz de Zárate

Grupo de Estudios Comparados Euroafricanos y Euro latinoamericanos
http://www.webs.ulpgc.es/agora/

Las Visitadoras de Vargas Llosa explican al comisario Maigret que el pasado de las mismas acredita la competencia de éstas para lograr avances en las estrategias del grupo que coordina la señora Maigret para combatir la conspiración de los medios de comunicación para trastocar los conceptos de “ciudadano”, de “Estado Nación” y de organización multilateral en la actualidad.

Estimado comisario Maigret; perdone nuestra intromisión en los debates http://www.webs.ulpgc.es/agora/comAsig1.htm y http://www.webs.ulpgc.es/agora/comAsig2.htm aunque aún ninguno de los participantes en los mismos ha mostrado ningún interés por redimirnos, incluido el santo al que pensábamos poder invocar: http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/133498/index.php

You gotta see this!
"Cue the Global Warming Laugh Track"
at: http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/548
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http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/patneuman2000/my_photos

Diego Cevallos*

MEXICO CITY, Oct 3 (IPS/IFEJ) - Just 3.1 percent of Latin America's electricity comes from nuclear sources, but if expansion plans in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico succeed, that proportion could more than double in a decade -- much to the annoyance of environmentalists.

Carried by the global wave towards nuclear energy being driven by high petroleum prices, Brazil is proposing construction of the country's third reactor, while Argentina and Mexico will go from two to four nuclear energy plants each.

Brazil, one of the nine countries worldwide that enriches uranium -- the essential input for nuclear energy -- is trying to make expanded production viable. And Argentina is picking up enrichment efforts begun in the 1980s, but halted in 1992.

Part 1 of 2: Pat Michaels, Virginia "State Climatologist"? A critical perspective on the issues

The Washington Post ran an article on September 17 on the controversy
over whether Pat Michaels, long-time voice of the global warming
denial machine, was entitled to continue to identify himself as the
Virginia State Climatologist. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine doesn’t want
Michaels appearing to speak for the state on global warming issues.
This guest contribution provides a critical perspective that goes
beyond what was developed in the Post’s coverage—about the legitimacy
of Michaels’ designation as state climatologist, about Michaels’

Comments by chiefs of National Weather Service (NWS) offices who question climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions:

Mike Stewart, Meteorologist In Charge of the Duluth National Weather Service office. ...

"Bottom line is we're not really sure what is causing global warming or if it is even going on," ...

http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/Reports/default.aspx?preview=&type=S...

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Tom Ainsworth, Meteorologist In Charge of the Juneau Weather Forecast Office. ...

"It's not necessarily a bad thing," Ainsworth said, adding that the planet continuously goes through

There was an interesting opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun on June 8 discussing the interpretation of "GLOBAL WARMING".

It would seem as though the Science behind "Kyoto" has always been in question and there is every reason to dispute the idea that human contribution to green house gases are the main culprit in this debate. There are myths being perpetrated by both sides so it is difficult to wade through the debate to make an accurate personal assessment.

This is a good place to explore < a href="http://www.envirotruth.org/myths.cfm"> "MYTHS AND ENVIROTRUTH". Take a look and make up your own mind.

US: July 31, 2006

NEW YORK - A Colorado electricity cooperative is urging other power groups to support global warming skeptics and has donated US$100,000 to a climatologist who has labeled some of his colleagues "alarmists."

The Intermountain Rural Electric Association's general manager wrote in a letter to other energy cooperatives that it also helped raise contributions from others for Dr. Patrick Michaels, a climatologist at the University of Virginia and a fellow at the CATO Institute in Washington D.C.

Many scientists believe that global warming will lead to catastrophic consequences such as the flooding of low-lying nations and stronger hurricanes.

sorry to make a new post out of a reply but the server's got ADD, follows on from "The Biofuel Illusion"..

Jeezus - even when Americans broaden their minds they still stare at their navels. Sorry, sorry, it is part of a crucial issue and yay for bringing it up. Yes, we must reduce energy use. Yes, we must be more efficient in what we do use. Yes, there is an inordinate amount of resources consumed in less developed countries so that the fat of the land can stay fat.

BUT, how is the argument for biofuels one that exists in opposition to the argument for sustainable use? If this article represents a legitimate concern, well, forget about it. It's great that the author has taken the time to do research on a critical issue, but a shame for them to have stopped here.