Source: Bloomberg

Source:  http://www.cgfi.org/2013/04/billionaire-forcing-climate-change-by-dennis-t-avery/

A Wall Street billionaire is pledging to spend “whatever it takes” to make manmade global warming the “defining issue of our generation.” Most recently, he sent airplanes with banners over Boston that read “Steve Lynch for Oil Evil Empire.” Lynch, a fellow Democrat and Senate candidate, favors the Keystone pipeline and the jobs it would create.

“The goal here is not to win,” says Tom Steyer, who assembled his $1.4 billion fortune as a hedge fund manager. “The goal here is to destroy these people, We want a smashing victory.” Smash any politicians who might “wimp out” on the harsh policies necessary to change the world into Steyer’s “green energy” image. Spoken like a true Big Board Type-A personality. (more…)

Source: Climate Policy Network
1) Germany’s Green Energy Transition May Force Out Industry – Die Welt, 7 August 2012

2) UK Government Scraps Environmental Regulations To Save £400 Million – Energy Efficiency News, 8 August 2012

3) Ivo Vegter: It’s A Disaster That ‘Peak Oil’ Is Not A Disaster – Daily Maverick, 7 August 2012

4) David Bergeron: Solar Subsidies Are ‘Diabolical’ – The Big Questions, 6 August 2012

5) Leo McKinstry: We Pay The Price For Folly Of Green Politics – Daily Express, 8 August 2012

Source: NIPCC

Reference
Walker, R. 2011. The impact of Brazilian biofuel production on Amazonia. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 101 (4): 1-10.

In a thought-provoking article recently published in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Robert Walker of Michigan State University’s Department of Geography writes that “although biofuel represents a renewable and ‘green’ energy,” it has what he rightly calls “a downside,” the potential problem being, as he describes it, “the impact of growing international biofuel demand on Amazonia.” Therefore, focusing on Brazil, and “given the explosive growth of Brazilian agriculture, and notable effects on forests within its national borders,” he seeks to answer the question: “How will global demand for Brazil’s land-based commodities, including biofuel, impact its tropical forest in the Amazon basin?” (more…)

Source: PushBack

Source:  Civitus

A preoccupation with ‘green’ energy policies at any cost undermines the competitiveness of manufacturing industry

A newly published report from the independent think tank Civitas reveals that the increased costs of energy arising from ‘green’ energy policies are set to increase significantly. Increased costs will hurt manufacturing at a time when much depends on the sector to generate the economic growth the country needs, and to rebalance the economy.

In British Energy Policy And The Threat To Manufacturing Industry, Ruth Lea and Jeremy Nicholson examine the impact of the recent Labour Government’s policy on energy prices. They argue that Labour’s aim to reduce carbon emissions and increase the proportion of energy generated from renewable sources, significantly increased costs for energy consumers. Lea and Nicholson’s analysis provides a timely warning because under the new Coalition Government, energy policy could be as damaging to manufacturing industry as it was under Labour. (more…)