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From The Local (Sweden): Sweden’s Agricultural Board on Tuesday proposed a tax on meat, to discourage consumption of a product that supposedly strains the environment because much of it has to be imported. The news report said Swedish meat consumption has increased around 33 percent over the past 30 years and is now higher than the EU average. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/sweden-mulls-carbon-tax-meat-reduce-emissions Solar Cycle 24 just peaked and is far lower than all the world’s great sun scientists predictions, what does it mean? First the evidence, here’s NOAA’s latest chart: Take a close look at the smoothed blue line, the lagging moving average has curved downward indicating the top is in and it is lower than even the latest revision by NASA. This cycle is far lower than all the predictions, including lower than all [...] Former Mitt Romney economic advisor Greg Mankiw admits something that he probably would never have said during the campaign: Middle class tax rates can’t be set in stone. They might have to rise, too.
In a column at the NYT, Mankiw argues that if we’re going to get real about connecting spending to revenue, and if we want to keep (for the most part) the level of entitlements we’ve come to expect, some kind of tax [...] Last month, environmentalists cheered as California launched a cap-and-trade program, but talks of a federal carbon tax raised concerns about double taxation. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that while the chances of a federal tax on carbon emissions being adopted are still remote, California state officials are worried enough to have started discussing the prospect. “We are aware that it is a possibility, and we have been considering it as of late,” said California Air Resources [...] The European Union on Tuesday backed down from a controversial plan to charge international airlines for the pollution they create on flights to and from the continent, facing retaliation from the U.S., China, and India and other nations who said it encroached on their sovereignty. European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard called for the bloc to “stop the clock” on the emissions trading system, or ETS, giving the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) another year to come up with a global solution [...] Aaron Dykes As a sometimes frequent traveler, I’ve repeatedly been bombarded by mindless propaganda at hotels across the United States lecturing about the use of towels in relation to saving the environment. Apart from a few hotels in actual desert regions devoid of water, this is mostly just a public relations stunt to promote a green agenda, with little if any tangible results and plenty of implied guilt to [...] 9 News A Melbourne family who claim they were slugged an extra $55 “carbon tax charge” when burying a relative were told “even the dead don’t escape the carbon tax”. Erica Maliki and her family were burying her father-in-law at Springvale Cemetery when she was told the price per burial plot had increased because of the carbon tax. Her father-in-law died on June 30, the day before the carbon tax [...] Australia has introduced its highly controversial carbon tax, after years of bitter political wrangling. The law forces about 300 of the worst-polluting firms to pay a A$23 (£15; $24) levy for every tonne of greenhouse gases they produce. The government says the tax is needed to meet climate-change obligations of Australia – the highest emitter per-head in the developed world. But the opposition calls it a “toxic tax” that will cost jobs. The [...] World Bank planned to be collection agency for CO2 tax Paul Joseph Watson The Bilderberg Group plans to put the finishing touches to a global carbon tax agenda that is already in full swing, according to our inside sources, with the threat of endangered species set to replace man-made global warming as the main vehicle through which the elite’s post-industrial revolution is accomplished. Alex Jones’ source inside Bilderberg [...] Chicago is embarking on a $7 billion plan to transform the city’s infrastructure from the skies above to the pipes underground. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is planning to announce the initiative Thursday. It includes projects to expand the city’s largest airport and improve its streets, water system, schools, community colleges, parks and commuter rail network. The city estimates that these initiatives will create 30,000 jobs over the next three years. At a time when the nation is [...] India has barred its airlines from complying with the European Union’s carbon taxation scheme, with the government saying no Indian carrier would share emissions data with the EU.
“Though the European Union has directed Indian carriers to submit emission details of their aircraft by March 31, 2012, no Indian carrier is submitting them in view of the position of the government,” Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said Thursday in parliament.
“Hence the [...] From FT:
Three months ago, Connie Hedegaard, Europe’s climate commissioner, emerged triumphant from the international climate negotiations in Durban after she pieced together a well-regarded deal just as the talks seemed on the verge of collapse. Ms Hedegaard’s secret, she said, was not to buckle. “I know that some other countries tried to go around saying, ‘Europe will always give in at the last moment; you don’t have to listen to them, they become [...] Move is the latest challenge to the programme aimed at fighting global warming. Paris China is blocking orders for at least $12 billion (Dh44 billion) worth of Airbus jets to protest the European Union’s emissions trading fees, in a new challenge to the programme aimed at fighting global warming, the aircraft maker said Thursday. With some analysts warning of a brewing trade war, Airbus spokesman Stefan Schaffrath said his company is seeing [...] Some headlines first: Nearly 1,700 Layoff Warnings Issued by City Schools (San Diego)
…………………Athens’ Pitifully Hollow Warning to Bond Holdouts; Self-Serving, Misguided Hype by IIF on “Implications of a Disorderly Greek Default and [...] Kurt Nimmo Mitt Romney, the establishment declared GOP front-runner, is the white Obama. He earns this title because on crucial issues he mirrors Barack Obama. Consider: Climate agenda and carbon taxes: He has stated that the theory of anthropogenic global warming is real. In 2005, as governor of Massachusetts, Romney imposed strict state limitations on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. In a memo issued by Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kerry Hale, the Romney [...] From FT:
China has warned the European Union to abandon its controversial carbon tax on airlines or risk provoking a global trade war. Adding weight to the warning, an industry insider told the Financial Times that the Chinese government was seriously considering measures to hit back at the EU if it insists on charging international airlines for their carbon emissions.
In a case initiated by US airlines, the European Court of Justice ruled [...] John P. Holdren’s job looks safe if Romney gets GOP nod Steve Watson An interesting piece from Investors.com notes that the corporate media darling GOP frontrunner, Mitt Romney, previously sought advice from White House science czar John P. Holdren when crafting carbon tax legislation for Massachusetts five years ago. Under Romney’s leadership, Massachusetts became the first state in the country to pass legislation to regulate carbon emissions, [...] One of the worst aspects of living in these apocalyptic times is that whenever you look around the world, wondering where you might escape to, you begin to realise that everywhere else is just as bad if not worse. Take Australia, an island built on fossil fuel with an economy dependent on fossil fuel. What would be the maddest economic policy a place like that [...] PrisonPlanet.tv 45 minute Infowars Special Report with Alex Jones and Lew Rockwell for PrisonPlanet.tv. This week the full launch of PrisonPlanet.tv begins, with Infowars Nightly News airing five times per week starting September 1st, as well as regular Special Reports, exclusive interviews and more. Thanks you for supporting alternative media; spread the word and visit PrisonPlanet.tv today to become a member. Enviro Nazis Seize Power – Infowars Special Report [...] Manufacturing slump accelerates Activity in Australia’s manufacturing sector slumped in July, with the strong local currency and weak domestic demand continuing to restrict growth. The Performance of Manufacturing Index by the Australian Industry Group and PwC fell 9.5 points last month to 43.4. That is well below the key 50-point level which separates expansion from contraction. The survey also shows the prospect of a carbon tax has added to [...]
A carbon price is expected to be announced this weekend (Reuters: Ilya Naymushin) The Federal Government plans to announce how much polluters will pay for carbon this Sunday. In a statement, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the Government’s Multi-Party Climate Change Committee has made considerable progress in recent weeks. Ms Gillard says the committee will continue to meet this week, but she expects the final details will [...] |
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