“In contrast to the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris deal removes all legal obligations for governments to cap or reduce CO2 emissions.” Continue reading 21 Years Of Failure: Obama gets weak UN global warming treaty despite years of politicking
Month: December 2015
Aussie cartoonist called racist for drawing truth about UN on climate deal
Bill Leak has been accused of racism toward Indians… but is his real target the elitist UN? Continue reading Aussie cartoonist called racist for drawing truth about UN on climate deal
Bloomberg News: A Toothless Treaty Can’t Stop Climate Change
Either Leonid Bershidsky doesn’t want to work at Bloomberg News anymore or… Continue reading Bloomberg News: A Toothless Treaty Can’t Stop Climate Change
EU unlikely to increase climate ambition before 2020, says EU climate chief
The Paris ‘deal’ in action. Continue reading EU unlikely to increase climate ambition before 2020, says EU climate chief
Republicans on Campaign Trail Largely Ignore the Climate Deal
“America is not a planet,” says Senator Marco Rubio. Continue reading Republicans on Campaign Trail Largely Ignore the Climate Deal
Disappointed Bill McKibben vows to use treaty, however phony, to attack fossil fuel industry
Trying to make lemonade from the Paris lemon. Continue reading Disappointed Bill McKibben vows to use treaty, however phony, to attack fossil fuel industry
India Says Paris Climate Deal Won’t Affect Plans to Double Coal Output
[Boom!] goes the climate treaty. Continue reading India Says Paris Climate Deal Won’t Affect Plans to Double Coal Output
Krazy Krugman: Paris climate ‘deal’ may have saved civilization
No thought is too grandiose when it comes to climate. Continue reading Krazy Krugman: Paris climate ‘deal’ may have saved civilization
UN Green Climate Fund didn’t even collect last year’s paltry pledges
There’s no money for poor countries. They will not be cutting emissions. Continue reading UN Green Climate Fund didn’t even collect last year’s paltry pledges
NYTimes: A Signal to Industry to Go Green in an Era of Carbon Reduction
Pretending the Paris deal is meaningful in hopes someone believes it is. Continue reading NYTimes: A Signal to Industry to Go Green in an Era of Carbon Reduction
NYTimes: A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making
Coral Davenport melodramatizes the “making” of the Paris non-deal. Continue reading NYTimes: A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making
WaPo: How one word nearly killed the climate deal
The poor countries demand for “loss and compensation” payments was treated as an ordinary typographical error and erased. Continue reading WaPo: How one word nearly killed the climate deal