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The idea of a cap-and-trade scheme is that the cap shrinks, requiring a progressive reduction in carbon emissions. Meanwhile the trade means that the cuts in emissions take place where they are cheapest, meaning the maximum benefit for the least cost.

That’s the admirable theory. In practice, two factors have left the EU ETS in ruins, with a price – today about €4.50 – far below the €20 where it will even start to have an effect. The first is industrial-scale lobbying from the vested interests which has led to vast windfalls being handed to many companies in the energy-intensive sector (but not the energy sector itself). The second is the global recession, which has reduced the already-inflated demand that the companies projected.

Carbon fat cats are killing the emissions trading mouse | Damian Carrington | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Warning!!!! David Appell and Tamino say that lay people are not permitted to look at this image.

Daily Arctic Sea Ice Maps

When Obama promised to disarm Iran and North Korea, whet he meant was that he was going to disarm Americans, strip them of their rights, wreck the US Constitution – and let Iran and North Korea go full nuclear.

Iran’s bid to buy banned magnets stokes fears about major expansion of nuclear capacity

By Joby Warrick, Published: February 13

Iran recently sought to acquire tens of thousands of highly specialized magnets used in centrifuge machines, according to experts and diplomats, a sign that the country may be planning a major expansion of its nuclear program that could shorten the path to an atomic weapons capability.

Iranian buying spree raises concerns about major expansion of nuclear capacity – The Washington Post

Cardinals Tamino and Appell have determined that climate laypeople may only open the Arctic ice extent scripture for six weeks between August 15 and September 30.

Seeing this data during the other 46 weeks of the year will lead to sin, make your hair fall out – and cause blindness.

Speculations had been mounting over whether police had purposely started a fire to smoke out the suspect, but San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon told reporters Wednesday his deputies did not intentionally burn down the mountain.

Cabin where rogue ex-LAPD cop was holed up not intentionally burned down, sheriff says | Fox News

Ahhh. … that is why they were screaming “burn that fucking house down” over and over again.

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Global warming: Yet another threat to Southwest’s iconic pinyon pine? – CSMonitor.com

Those are Ponderosa pines. Pinyons don’t look anything like that.

Temperatures have been running far below normal in the southwest. I was in New Mexico on New Years day. It was extremely cold, tons of snow and the Pinyon trees were doing just fine. CSM got all of their facts wrong, which is about par for the course.

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Sens. Boxer and Sanders to introduce climate bill w/carbon tax on Thursday

Breaking: Sens. Boxer and Sanders to introduce climate bill w/carbon tax on Thursday | JunkScience.com

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Global warming goes nuclear.

A section of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has collapsed under the weight of snow, officials say, raising new concerns about the condition of the facility that was the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

Chernobyl roof collapses under snow – World – NZ Herald News

h/t to Marc Morano

31 Jul 1906 – South Pole Warming Up.

Climate experts tell us that Antarctic ice retreat is due to your SUV.

The weather used to be better and the world used to be a much safer place.

What sort of drugs are these people smoking – which reduces their memory span  to about three hours?

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