(November 26, 2009) Why political orthodoxy must not silence scientific argument.
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Mael-strom
(November 26, 2009) Leaked e-mails do not show climate scientists at their best.
Cordillera: Decommission San Roque Dam at Hearing
The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) reiterated its position for the decommissioning of the San Roque Dam during the 8th public hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on Climate Change.
Cooking the climate books
(November 25, 2009) The Climategate e-mails seem to suggest that much of what the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change claims is "settled science" is based on data manipulated to confirm assertions that man is dangerously altering our climate.
The voices of climate change sceptics
(November 24, 2009) Former Conservative chancellor Lord Lawson says he is not a climate change denier but is ‘sceptical’ about global warming policy.
The Knights Carbonic
(November 23, 2009) Yes, the hacked climate emails are damaging. But here’s the one you’d need to see if you wanted to show that manmade global warming is a scam.
Ethiopia’s Tekeze dam limps into operation
(November 23, 2009) The vastly over-budget and long-delayed Tekeze hydro-electric in Ethiopia is finally finished. The project, which was first proposed seven years ago and was scheduled to be competed in 2008, in the end cost $360-million—$136-million over budget.
In Climate Hack Story, Could Talk of Cover-Up Be as Serious as Crime?
(November 23, 2009) The University of East Anglia, whose stolen documents caused a furor of excitement among climate skeptics over the weekend, said today that it had called in police to investigate possible criminal activity. But university researchers may also find themselves in legal jeopardy if they deleted emails requested under the U.K.’s Freedom of Information (FOIA) legislation, a crime under U.K. law.
Green totalitarianism
(November 23, 2009) Lord Lawson was right to call in today’s Times for an inquiry into the global warming scandal.
Will old media cover global warming scandal?
(November 23, 2009) The blogosphere is abuzz with news of the latest global warming scandal. A latter day “Daniel Ellsberg” has released the climate equivalent of the Pentagon Papers onto the web.
Setbacks stall finish of China’s massive dam project
(November 22, 2009) Landslides have caused a go slow on filling the giant reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam to capacity this month. As more unforeseen issues emerge, locals suffer the brunt of relocation and inadequate compensation, while experts predict further delays and problems – calling even the fate of the once mighty Yangtze into question.
Aid’s corrupting influence in Afghanistan should be considered
(November 20, 2009) A recent article from Canwest details the sharpening criticism facing Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai from foreign leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, concerning the country rampant corruption. But the article does little to confront the ugly reality that the massive amount of foreign aid entering Afghanistan may be playing a crucial role in supporting rampant corruption.
BJ hikes water & sewerage bills for non-residential use
(November 20, 2009) In Beijing the price of water and sewage treatment is going up for non-residential consumers.
Only democracy can clean up the planet: Save the ballot box and save the world
(November 20, 2009) It should be easy to demonstrate that democracy (however defined) is better for the environment than dictatorship (however defined) – and it is.
Video: China’s Three Gorges dam in trouble
(November 20, 2009) Report from Al Jazeera on rising costs of the Three Gorges dam.


