Time – September 28, 2010
Here’s your dose of irony for the day.
How is the UAE–which lays claim to nearly the highest rate of carbon emissions per capita in the world–trying to attract tourists? By opening a theme park with a global warming gimmick, of course.
Ice Land Water Park is a $100 million ice-water park, located in Ras al-Khaimah (RAK), which is about an hour outside of Dubai, and is set to open tomorrow. The park is based on a global warming premise and tells the story of how climate change has forced penguins from their arctic home so they must now take refuge in the Arabian gulf.
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The Associated Press – August 2, 2010
AMSTERDAM — The United States assured international negotiators Monday it remains committed to reducing carbon emissions over the next 10 years, despite the collapse of efforts to legislate a climate bill.
U.S. delegate Jonathan Pershing told a climate conference in Bonn, Germany, Washington is not backing away from President Barack Obama’s pledge to cut emissions 17 percent from 2005 levels.
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Treehugger – July 23, 2010
I know I’ve ranted and raved a fair amount about the ignominious death of comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation. But lest we all head into our weekends wholly downtrodden and helpless-feeling, a few more words need to be uttered before the casket is lowered into the ground for good (am I getting carried away with this metaphor, here?). Here are some important final thoughts on the demise of the climate bill — and where we can and should go from here.
The battle isn’t over
This is true in more ways than one — first, it is unlikely but possible that some form of carbon-pricing legislation could surface next year, from entirely different tack and framing.
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U.S. President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen for a U.N. climate change meeting on December 9, hoping to add momentum to an international process despite slow progress on a domestic bill to cut carbon emissions.
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Leighton Steward, a scientist who used to back the man-made global warming theory is on Capitol Hill this week to convince lawmakers that global warming is more related to solar activity and that cutting CO2 levels in our atmosphere could actually have a negative effect on our planet. Read the rest of this entry »