Anyone pondering the clear family resemblance between carbon trading and high finance is probably,unless they actually have a background in finance,totally confused. I know I am. What exactly is a swap? A future? Why is the Black-Scholes equation the foundation of an entirely novel economy [...]
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<!–[if gte mso 9]><![endif]–><!–[if gte mso 9]>Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]–><!–[if gte mso 9]><![endif]–><!–[if gte mso 10]>table.MsoNormalTable [...] Today the city of Shenzen began the first of China’s seven pilot emission trading schemes. China does things on a large scale. These ‘trials’will cover more than double the emissions covered under Australia’s natiional carbon price. No wonder China is ranked 3rd in countries [...] Update:The Chinese Academy of Sciences has released an official response to Heartland’s “misleading statement”,which reads in part:The Heartland Institute published the news titled “Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes Heartland Institute research skeptical of Global Warming” in a [...] Reblogged from The Climate Skeptics Party,Australia:10 Reasons why Man-Made Global Warming is Wrong. by COHENITE1 TemperatureCO2 emissions by humans are supposed to increase the temperature;that is the basic point of man-made global warming [AGW]. The more CO2 [...] Dan PangburnJune 15,2013 at 1:47 PMFour papers on line,that you may find of interest,provide some eye-opening insight on possible cause of change to average global temperature. The papers are straight-forward calculations using readily available data through up to May,2013.The first one is ‘Global warming made [...] For more information there is this,hot off the press,from The Guardian:Below are a few paragraphs and a most interesting graph illustrating the nature of Heartland Institute’s cash driven cynical attack on science. Please read the full story at:http://www.guardian.co. [...] –Africa has a beef with the Western world. Science is stoking that drama with a new report blaming Africa’s current dry spell on pollution in the Northern Hemisphere,primarily from North America and Europe. It is not yet on par with the [...] Here is a report of the meeting held on June 7th in Josh Frydenberg’s office.Lighter Footprints meets with Greg Hunt,Shadow Minister for Climate Action,Environment and Heritage.Eight members of Lighter Footprints met with Greg Hunt at Josh Frydenberg’s office [...] National Survey:Nearly 90% Of Americans Say Government Should Act On Global Warming,Push Ahead On Clean Energy:Climate change continues to be a touchstone issue in US politics,one that casts a harsh,sharp light not only on a bitterly divided,“dysfunctional” [...] | |||||