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Lawrence Solomon: Solar scientists worldwide working to counter global warming hypothesis

(May 19, 2010) Solar scientists worldwide are working to disprove the hypothesis that man is primarily responsible for climate change, according to Dr. Jeff Kuhn, Associate Director of the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii. Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: Sticking it to the Canadians

After I read the original draft Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting regulations, I phoned US EPA contacts as well as some staff in Senate and House representatives offices and asked: Given that all major US stationary GHG sources and importers of carbon-based energy and building products are required to report GHGs from biomass use and will eventually be liable for domestic production and the US consumer end use GHGs:

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Aldyen Donnelly: My carbon emission reductions are better than yours

I agree that climate change and national greenhouse gas emission reduction targets should be on the table for discussion at the G8 and G20 meetings.

I am appalled that the EU27’s current commitment is to reduce GHGs only 2.7% from 2005 levels by 2020. By comparison, Canada and the US have committed to cut GHGs 17% from 2005 levels by 2020. 
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Lawrence Solomon: Virginia Launches Investigation into Climategate’s Michael Mann

(May 5, 2010) The State of Virginia has decided to investigate possible wrong doing by Michael Mann of Climategate fame. Michael Mann is best known as the scientist, associated with the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who came up with the controversial Hockey Stick Graph that became the icon of the global warming movement. Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: Carbon taxes and Canada’s true carbon-emissions ranking

A recent article in the Toronto Star, “Time to revisit the dreaded carbon tax” is riddled with some highly inaccurate reporting.

To start, the article says: "Last month, three of the world’s biggest per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases—America, Australia and Canada—put their key environmental pledges on hold until further notice…"
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Lawrence Solomon: Arctic ice sets records in April, could augur global cooling

(May 3, 2010) The Arctic ice set 30 records in April, one for each day. According to satellite data received by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Arctic was more ice bound each day of April than it had been any other corresponding day in April since its sensors began tracking the extent of Arctic Ice in mid 2002. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Australia won’t cap and trade

(April 27, 2010) Seeing countries around the world back away from their climate change commitments, and seeing his own electoral support crumble, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced today that Australia will be shelving its cap and trade program for at least three years, until after the next election. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Global warming doomsayers continue to lose ground

(April 20, 2010) Fewer and fewer people accept the argument that global warming is a threat to the planet, according to the latest Rasmussen Poll, and even those who fear climate change don`t necessarily blame human activities. Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: Projected carbon prices: are they full of hot air?

The carbon prices outlined in this news article are consistent with the idea that high-emitting power generation and industrial facility operators will pay whatever it costs to operate existing plants through the end of their normal, pre-carbon tax, expected lives. If we assume no early plant retirements, the marginal cost of complying with the WCI 2020 target ranges between $30 and $80/TCO2e.  
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Climategate scientists: We’re not guilty

(Apr. 16, 2010) Climate-change partisans find mere sins of omission.

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