Planet Gore v Planet Reality
Planet Gore:
Brussels lambasted the US and Australia yesterday for their inaction in cutting carbon dioxide emissions and stressed Europe's leading role in the battle against global warming. What Mr Dimas knew - but did not tell the scientists, apparently - is that the EU's programme for cutting carbon, its two-year-old emissions trading scheme (ETS), remains in disarray. In 2006, industry emitted about 30m tonnes less than permitted. German emissions rose 0.6% while overall EU emissions went up by 1%-1.5% because of resumed growth in the eurozone.
--David Gow, The al-Guardian, 3 April 2007
Planet Reality:
US carbon-dioxide emissions declined by 1.3 per cent in 2006 even as the world's largest economy expanded by 3.3 per cent, the White House announced late Wednesday. The US Energy Information Administration issued a so-called flash estimate of carbon-dioxide emissions that showed a decline of 78 million metric tons last year in the United States. In a statement, US President George W Bush touted the report as validating his energy and climate-change policies.
--Associated Press, 24 May 2007
Peter C Glover
in Green absurdities, Latest evidence, Media hype
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So is Global Warming for real or not? Is it really happening or is everything just a "myth"?
if Global warming is real, is it happening as fast as people think?