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Whistleblowers Say Oil Reserve Numbers Deliberately Inflated to Avoid Panic, Appease the US

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:42:49 GMT

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World oil reserves are far lower than officially reported, the situation far more serious than publicly admitted, and we're already past peak oil. That's the word from two anonymous IEA whistleblowers, The Guardian reports. To add insult to industry, the figures were deliberately massaged, at least in part, to appease the United States:

Apparently the IEA was concerned that reporting the true reserve numbers -- and keep in mind that determining oil reserves is as much art as science -- it would trigger a buying panic.

So, more than anything, this illustrates the same head in the sand thinking that dogs climate change negotiations. Out of fear of disrupting current activity, profit, lifestyles, what have you, you put off action for the future, even though it's inevitable that those have to change.

Tags: 1-denial, 1-peak oil, 1-policy, 2-trend, 3-reported, 4-intl, 4-us

Video: The Cap and Trade YouTube the Obama Admin. Does Not Want You To See

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:14:39 GMT

clipped by: WhatAreWeDoing

Clip Source: blog.heritage.org

Video: The Cap and Trade YouTube the Obama Admin. Does Not Want You To See

Posted November 10th, 2009 at 10.19am in Energy and Environment.

The New York Times reports:

The Environmental Protection Agency has directed two of its lawyers to makes changes to a YouTube video they posted that is critical of the Obama administration’s climate change policy.

Wilderness 2: Polluters 99 Small win... miles to go

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:16:12 GMT

clipped by: nedhamson1
clipper's remarks: Signing an agreement is one thing - now let's work to make sure we keep backing a sustainable world and wilderness.

Clip Source: www.worldwatch.org

North American Governments Agree to Protect Wilderness

The United States, Canada, and Mexico agreed this week to work together to protect wilderness areas across North America.

The cooperation agreement establishes an intergovernmental committee to exchange research and approaches that address challenges such as climate change, fire control, and invasive species in land, marine, and coastal protected areas throughout the continent.

Tags: ecology, green

The Huge Mistake

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:26:57 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: Al Gore is gonna be very rich after this swindle is complete. How he has gotten away with it really boggles the mind, as he has been exposed now for the clueless liar he is by a number of sources.

Clip Source: newsrealblog.com

While the Senate is working on its version of the Cap and Trade Bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last June, new criticism of Cap and Trade has emerged from a rather unlikely source: two lawyers for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Laurie Williams and Allen Zabel, the two EPA attorneys, have produced a YouTube video comparing passage of the Cap and Trade Bill to: “the ill-fated launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger.”

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Al Gore will, quite possibly, become the first “carbon multi-millionaire” with the passage of Cap and Trade, thus making him (to paraphrase Williams and Zabel): “The Big Rip-Off Artist.”

Naturally, the EPA is not thrilled with the idea of two of its attorneys speaking out against Cap and Trade. From Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman comes the following:

The Environmental Protection Agency is being accused of trying to silence two EPA attorneys who have publicly criticized a key component of the climate change legislation being considered by Congress.

Tags: con artists, the great global warming hoax, al gore

Global oil supply 'far worse than admitted'

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:35:39 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: Plausible, would not be surprised if so at the transparent level. Lot of hidden oil out there. May be just for govt use, but it has been stockpiled, or not mined.

Clip Source: www.theage.com.au

THE world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, says a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying.

The senior official claims the United States has played an influential role in encouraging the watchdog to underplay the rate of decline from existing oilfields while overplaying the chances of finding new reserves.

The allegations raise serious questions about the accuracy of the organisation's latest World Energy Outlook on oil demand and supply, to be published overnight.

The outlook is used by many governments to help guide their energy and climate change policies.

In particular, the allegations cast a shadow on the prediction in the last World Economic Outlook, believed to be repeated again this year, that oil production can be raised from its present level of 83 million barrels a day to 105 million.

Tags: black, gold

Spirit of community and a feeling of power, belonging and sharing

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:58:23 GMT

clipped by: tidbit2

Clip Source: www.indymedia.ie

part of a vibrant, international grassroots movement that brings people together to explore how we – as communities - can respond to the environmental, economic and social challenges arising from climate change, resource depletion and an economy based on growth. We don’t look for anyone to blame or anyone to save us, but believe our communities have within themselves the innovation and ingenuity to create positive solutions to the converging crises of our time. We believe in igniting and supporting local responses at any level and from anyone – and aim to weave them together into a coordinated action plan for change towards a lower energy lifestyle. By building local resilience, we will be able to collectively respond to whatever the future may bring in a calm, positive and creative way. And by remembering how to live within our local means, we can rediscover the spirit of community and a feeling of power, belonging and sharing in a world that is vibrant, just and truly sustainable

Markey backs wind farm in letter to Salazar

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:29:16 GMT

clipped by: CohoctonWindWatch

Clip Source: www.capecodonline.com

In a letter sent yesterday to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Markey pushed for approval of the plan by Cape Wind Associates, LLC, to build 130 wind turbines in the sound. In the letter Markey stated that approval of the country's first offshore wind farm would send a strong message as the United States participates in the United Nations Climate Change Conference on Dec. 7.

The letter to Salazar is the first time Markey has declared himself fully in favor of the project.

Tags: alternative energy, cape wind, industrial wind, wind turbines

The Joe Lieberman Show

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:32:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: more @ clip source

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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Congress Assists In Torture Photo Cover-Up, Lieberman At Center Of Controversy

Lieberman Aiming To Weaken Climate Change Legislation

Tags: politics, joe lieberman, us senate, torture, healthcare reform, climate change

How many lightbulbs?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:44:30 GMT

clipped by: gppixelworks

Clip Source: www.sidewaysnews.com

How many lightbulbs?

Cambridge University physicist, David Mackay, presents a fascinating, personal and passionate analysis of energy consumption in the UK. Debunking many of the existing myths surrounding energy consumption and showing us what we should be doing at home, Mackay draws interesting and surprising conclusions about the way forward.

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Tags: global warming, climate change, electricy, carbon fuels, eco, green power, wind turbines

Overpopulation Mantra Overheating as Copenhagen Approaches

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:06:34 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: Just partial extinction, is the name of the game. The elite must survive.

Clip Source: www.infowars.com

With the disastrous Copenhagen treaty in sight, selling the overpopulation story is obviously considered crucial for the agenda. After all, the entire climate change mythology depends in the end on the role of man as a scourge on the environment. So, it follows, less people means less global warming. But the agenda has hit a snag. Whenever people are confronted by those who tell us that we are to die if mother earth is to survive, alarm-bells go off warning us that all is not well. This danger sign is not there for nothing. Human instinct has had many centuries of experience with bloodthirsty tyrants, and therefore tends to rebel against tyranny approaching. All propaganda now serves to subdue this human instinct, lest the ‘global citizens’ stop the unfolding of the agenda in its tracks and bring forth the ropes.

Tags: me, too

Bolivia - climate change is now, as glaciers disappear

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:28:07 GMT

clipped by: beanz

Clip Source: casa-del-duderino.blogspot.com

In Bolivia climate change is not a future problem, it is now

Clip Source: casa-del-duderino.blogspot.com

Chacaltaya glacier, there you see it, now you don't

Oxfam America recently put out an alarming press release explaining how climate change will put dire stress on impoverished communities in Bolivia along five dimensions: glacier retreat, natural disasters, disease spread, forest fires, and erratic weather.

All very true, and reason for the world's largest polluter (USA! #1!) to face up to its responsibilities in Copenhagen Climate Summi t,

In Bolivia climate change is happening now, and affecting communities with little recourse to "adapt" (nice euphemism for getting forced off your land and livelihood). The glaciers that provide much of Bolivia's fresh water are disappearing, now. The Chacaltaya glacier which supplies water to the city of El Alto and altiplano is basicly nonexistant. Bolivia has requested emergency assistence from the UN due to drought.

Tags: bolivia, climate change

Palin & the Dysfunctional Political Class

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:33:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The current GOP seems to look for mediocrity...someone who will *fit*...a person who appears *electable*, a vanilla-type. It seems to stand for everything and yet nothing.

Whether Mrs. Palin would make a good Presidential candidate, I don't know. But I'm weary to death of the clandestine people who mouth conservative rhetoric and then fold when the game is on. Give me a candidate who gives me a clear choice; not one who bows to the current political breeze blowing through Washington. I've just about lost all "Hope" because I don't see any on the horizon.

Clip Source: pajamasmedia.com

Sarah Palin and the Dysfunctional Political Class

The frenetic hostility to Sarah Palin, even by many on the Republican side, is unnerving, because her qualifications to be president are objectively better than those of almost anyone who has been on the national ticket over the past decade.

Al Gore would be disqualified by knowledge of his academic career and by a reading of Earth in the Balance, an exercise in messianic ignorance. His subsequent career getting rich from climate change subsidies would reinforce this opinion. John Kerry had a Senate career of unbroken mediocrity

John Edwards had no shadow of a qualification, and again the judgment is confirmed by subsequent events.

Obama’s qualifications were will-o-the-wisp. His supporters cited his “potential,”

One can deeply respect John McCain’s courage and service. But he is an erratic senator, with a tendency to reach decisions on a whim and then excoriate anyone who disagrees

Climate stuff

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:57:26 GMT

clipped by: gsurtees

Clip Source: network.nationalpost.com

We shouldn't fear global warming anyway. Higher mortality rates result from colder climes than warmer ones. Vikings farmed Greenland 1,000 years ago, and the Viking King Canute showed his fawning courtiers that not even he could turn back the tide. Man can't change the climate and neither should he try.

Climate stuff

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:57:01 GMT

clipped by: gsurtees

Clip Source: network.nationalpost.com

I suppose mankind was responsible for the last several ice ages melting away, throwing spears at the moon and sun can cause a lot of friction.

Also much of the date the UN uses is corrupted. Anthony Watts has done an audit of the USHCN stations (1002 of the 1223 completed) and has found that 90 per cent of them are in error of 1 to 5 degrees.

That makes them useless for measuring temperature, or for using their data for modelling. But that doesnt stop the UN

None of these trends up or down can be blamed on human activity. Except in politically motivated models, the effect of human activity cannot be separated from natural variations influenced by 100's of other variables.

militart awarness blanche style

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:33:31 GMT

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Clip Source: search.news.yahoo.com

U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln has expressed concern about the military's use of burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan to dispose of medical and hazardous wastes.

KTHV Little Rock - Nov 07 9:19 AM

Sen. Blanche Lincoln held a conference call with reporters late this morning. Most questions revolved around health care reform although the senator did spend a good deal of time talking about climate change. More about that on the jump. On health care, Lincoln stressed the importance of being more efficient with health care spending. She said [...]

Tags: cap n trade and waste pits too