Articles tagged with: news
Posted in Carbon Tax on 4 September 2008
While I’m encouraged by the additional $900 million in proposed tax cuts and incentives to help offset the carbon tax for my Canadian friends, this all came about because of an upcoming election call. I guess environmentalist liberals in Canada really don’t have a backbone when [...]
Posted in Carbon Tax on 3 September 2008
Portugal is set to pay about 10 billion Euros between 2013 and 2020 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet the EU’s energy and climate pact. Electricity producers will pay the brunt of the costs, up to 6.6 billion, while industry will pay the remainder. Electricity rates are expected to jump six to eight percent [...]
Posted in Elections on 2 September 2008
An alleged photo of a bikini-clad Sarah Palin has been circulating the net today and it’s a fake according to this article at Right Wing News. The blog’s owner found the original and shows them both to dispel rumors. However, the really cool thing is that maybe this person wouldn’t be wearing a [...]
Posted in Carbon Tax on 2 September 2008
Australia may be taking the first steps in abandoning the cap-and-trade scheme in favor of a direct carbon tax. While this isn’t certainly the best news to come out of the global warming hoax, the article’s author does make a valid point: a tax is much easier to repeal than an economic takeover [...]
Posted in Sun on 2 September 2008
According to the article, the period between 1940 and 2000 saw a significant increase in global temperatures. However, this period also saw an increase in solar activity. With the sun dormant now and sunspot activity non-existent, temperatures globally have fallen since the turn of the century.
http://steveu.com/blog/2008/09/newsflash-sun-affects-earths-climate_01.html
Posted in Quick Hits, Sun on 29 August 2008
Source: co2sceptics.com
Posted in Elections on 29 August 2008
While promising tax incentives to families to pay for energy, Barack Obama promised to defeat climate change during his acceptance speech. Isn’t that sort of like defeating your opponent in a shadow boxing match?
Source: www.ens-newswire.com
Posted in Animal Population, Quick Hits on 25 August 2008
Source: environment.newscientist.com
Posted in Carbon Tax, Quick Hits on 25 August 2008
Source: www.independent.ie/national-news/carbon-tax-will-not-be-introduced-in-budget-1462468.html