Climate & Environment Review: December 27, 2006

Climate & Environment Review: 1st Edition
December 27, 2006

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Faith-based science' and all that fish
ONE OF the world's leading fisheries scientists is taking on Dalhousie University's Boris Worm, the superstar ecologist who suggested last month that the world's major fish stocks could collapse by 2048... >>Read More<<

Light at the end of the tunnel?
Cynics have observed that the light at the end of the tunnel may be that of an oncoming express train. Is this what happened at Nairobi?... >>Read More<<

EUROPE TO SEE 14% PRICE INCREASE IN RUSSIAN GAS IN 2007
Moscow - Europe is to pay Russia's Gazprom 293 US dollars per 1,000 cubic metres of natural gas in 2007, a 14 per cent increase over current prices, the daily Vedomosti reported Monday... >>Read More<<

Freedom Warning
It’s something of an odd world when a British Viscount knows more about freedom of speech and the Constitution than two U.S. senators who have sworn to protect the document... >>Read More<<

FREEDOM OF SPEECH AS VICTIM OF GLOBAL WARMING
BANGKOK, Thailand _ What's up with journalists in the mainstream media? In most cases, they tend to be unconditional supporters of free expression and strive to report on controversial views. However, reporting on issues relating to global warming has become strikingly one-sided. With no need to persuade using rational argument, a new conventional wisdom is being formulated that is beyond challenge by "sensible" people... >>Read More<<

Fossil fuels will provide same 86% share in 2030
The Annual Energy Outlook 2007 (AEO2007) reference case, released today by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), reflects the evolution of energy markets in an era of high prices by projecting growth in nuclear capacity and generation, more biofuels (both ethanol and biodiesel) consumption, growth in coal-to-liquids (CTL) capacity and production, growing demand for unconventional transportation technologies, and accelerated improvements in energy efficiency throughout the economy... >>Read More<<

Against the tide of chic climate change gloom
Here's a bit of Christmas cheer. Planet Earth is not, contrary to Nicholas Stern, Al Gore and acolytes, ending in a boil-up... >>Read More<<

Exxon Mobil CEO Warns Ending Tax Breaks
Proposals by congressional Democrats to eliminate oil industry tax breaks and subsidies would set a bad example overseas and discourage new industry investments, Exxon Mobil's top executive said Thursday... >>Read More<<

EUROPEAN SUPER-CHUTZPA: GOVERNMENTS ANGRY THAT KYOTO HURTS
LONDON - The European Union's biggest polluter Germany and several other countries reacted with anger on Wednesday to European Commission demands for deeper cuts in greenhouse emissions in 2008-2012... >>Read More<<

EUROPE'S ENERGY PROVIDER TURNS GREEN
MOSCOW -- Low domestic birthrates and rising immigration from the former Soviet republics are producing explosive growth in Russia's Muslim community, which is on a track to account for more than half the population by midcentury... >>Read More<<