(October 12, 2010) The New York Times’ Patricia Brett looks at the many criticisms directed at the corruption- and fraud-prone carbon market.
Other News Sources
What does it take?
(October. 12, 2010) Letter by Candy and George Gonzalez on the failure of Belize’s Department of the Environment (DOE) to fully comply with a court order regarding the Environmental Compliance Plan (ECP) for the Chalillo Dam.
Cement companies in line for €226m windfall after sale of surplus carbon credits
(October 12, 2010) The Irish Times’ Franck McDonald reports that cement companies in Ireland are now able to cash in hundreds of millions of Euros of excess carbon credits after the collapse of the country’s construction industry.
Water Crisis Threatens Asia’s Rise
(October 11, 2010) Worsening water shortages across Asia may hamper the region’s ability to maintain economic growth, writes Alan Wheatley.
US physics professor: ‘Global warming is the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life’
(October 9, 2010) Harold Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Here is his letter of resignation to Curtis G. Callan Jr, Princeton University, President of the American Physical Society.
Effect of the Zipingpu reservoir impoundment on the occurrence of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and local seismicity
(October 2010) The occurrence of the 2008 May 12 Wenchuan earthquake (M 7.9) near the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau triggered a debate whether it was influenced by the newly impounded Zipingpu reservoir, located only about 21 km east of the earthquake epicentre.
New Zealand’s Climategate –Act II
(October 9, 2010) Last November, I reported on accusations from New Zealand that a government agency called NIWA — New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research – had cooked the books on global warming. According to global warming skeptics at the Climate Conversation Group and the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, the country’s temperatures had not climbed over the last century, as graphs produced by the agency claimed.
Celebrating dissent: Chinese dissident wins Nobel Peace prize
(October 8, 2010) In a move that has infuriated Chinese officials, the Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the jailed dissident writer and famous democracy advocate, Liu Xiaobo.
Murder on the Carbon Express: Interpol Takes On Emissions Fraud
(October 8, 2010) Mark Schapiro, from the Center for Investigative Reporting, writes about the increasing complexity of policing the emerging carbon market.
Foreign aid discredits itself
(October 5, 2010) China’s ability to play both sides of the foreign aid game – as giver and receiver – highlights one the many contradictions in the development “industry”, writes Brady Yauch.
Voters are losing their interest in climate change
(October 4, 2010) It’s ironic that the United Nations should be hosting its latest climate negotiations in China. Not only is China now far and away the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide — believed by many (but not me) to cause global warming — China is also the main saboteur of negotiations for a deal to replace the Kyoto accords.
China will have put 140.5 bln yuan into water diversion project till 2010
(October 4, 2010) China will have invested a total of 140.5 billion yuan (about 21 billion U.S. dollars) in its ambitious South-to-North Water Diversion (SNWD) project from 2006 to 2010, the country’s water diversion authority said Monday.
Taxation with representation: the better way to development say experts
(October 4, 2010) An increasing number of experts say efficient and accountable tax regimes, not foreign aid, are vital in promoting development, writes Brady Yauch.
Three Gorges Dam attempts third try for 175-meter water level mark
(October 3, 2010) Officials are once again trying to raise the controversial dam’s reservoir to 175 metres, marking the official “completion” of the project.
New bath cities and ski resorts are banned in Beijing to save water
(October 1, 2010) To tackle the city’s water shortage, the Beijing government has launched a new measure on water use regulations that forbids high water usage industries, like bath cities, ski resorts and golf courses, from start new branches, the Beijing news reports.


