Climate Change

Why Copenhagen Failed

December 19, 2009
Why Copenhagen Failed

To anybody interested in the future of the earth’s climate, the conclusion of the Copenhagen conference represents either colossal disappointment or profound rage.  The financial pledges— if honored— that rich nations made to poor nations will do nothing to combat global warming. The few climate related agreements that were made were of zero substance,...
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Any Climate Treaty Which Does Not Dramatically Reduce Soot Is Not Worth the Paper It’s Written On

December 15, 2009
Any Climate Treaty Which Does Not Dramatically Reduce Soot Is Not Worth the Paper It’s Written On

Preface: I studied global warming at a top university in the early 1980′s. I was taught – as Al Gore was taught in college – that temperatures are directly correlated with CO2 levels. This essay will not address the question of whether global temperatures are rising, and if so, how much. Others have written...
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The Great Carbon Con: Can offsetting really help to save the planet?

December 10, 2009
The Great Carbon Con: Can offsetting really help to save the planet?

It all started with Sting, this fad for owning one’s very own patch of tropical rainforest, though it is probably unfair to blame him entirely for creating the boom industry that buying up forests piecemeal has become. It is 20 years since the musician first set foot in Brazil and pledged to fight the...
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Copenhagen’s Hidden Agenda: The Multibillion Trade in Carbon Derivatives

December 8, 2009
Copenhagen’s Hidden Agenda: The Multibillion Trade in Carbon Derivatives

Architect of Credit Default Swaps behind the Development of “Carbon Derivatives” As I have previously shown, speculative derivatives (especially credit default swaps) are a primary cause of the economic crisis. And I have pointed out that (1) the giant banks will make a killing on carbon trading, (2) while the leading scientist crusading against...
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Climate Change: The Global Media Presents an Apocalyptic Scenario

December 7, 2009
Climate Change: The Global Media Presents an Apocalyptic Scenario

The following text (in annex) was published simultaneously by major Newspapers around the World. It constitutes a Worldwide public relations initiative, intended to sway public opinion into unreservedly accepting the “Global Warming consensus”. The text of the editorial was prepared by The Guardian team. The editorial presents an apocalyptic scenario, with global warming ravaging...
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