Tomorrow, March 27, people around the world will celebrate Earth Hour, a global event organised by WWF. At the appointed hour on this day, cities worldwide will turn off all non-essential lights to express their concern for the environmental challenges our planet faces.
Malaysia is expected to play its part in this event by switching off the lights on such iconic buildings as the Petronas Twin Towers and Menara KL. Supporters of the event stress that its significance lies in the way it symbolises people’s willingness to combat climate change.
But is that really what Earth Hour will symbolise?
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The European Union is funding some of the most powerful environmental NGOs in Brussels – while in turn, they lobby the EU for more money and influence.
LONDON, 8 MARCH — A new report published today by International Policy Network finds that between 1998 and 2009, the European Commission’s environment unit has handed out over €66 million in core funding to green NGOs.
The report – “Friends of the EU” – analyses one coalition of green NGOs called the “Green 10” and finds that its members receive hundreds of thousands of Euros each year from the EU.
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The Taxpayers Alliance published new research today revealing how the British government’s “Act on CO2″ campaign cost the taxpayer £8.6 million in grants issued through the Climate Challenge Fund.
Matthew Sinclair, Research Director of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said:
“The Government has clearly crossed the line from public information to propaganda on climate change. Many of the Climate Change Fund projects are utterly bonkers and misleading, and come with a huge price tag. Despite a fortune having been spent on these projects, the Fund has failed even on its own spurious terms. It is infuriating for taxpayers to see their money squandered on attempts to scare and indoctrinate the public.”
Link: http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/home/2010/02/thursday-february-18.html
PDF: http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/CCF.pdf
Daily Mail article
India International Centre
&
Liberty Institute
Cordially invite you to a discussion on
Challenging Climate Post Copenhagen
Date: 23 February 2010
Time: 5.30 pm to 8 pm
Chair:
Prof MGK Menon, former minister for science, and chair person of IIC.
Speakers:
Dr Fred Singer - Science of global warming
Dr Benny Peiser - Policy options post Copenhagen
Commentators:
Dr Prodipto Ghosh, senior distinguished fellow TERI, advisor to government of India on climate change policy, former secretary Ministry of Environment & Forest
Dr Dev Raj Sikka, former director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Venue: India International Centre, (Conference Room 1, main building), Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003.
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February 8, 2010
Wall Street Journal Asia/Europe
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed support for the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and its leader, Rajendra Pachauri, at a local energy conference in New Delhi Friday. The move has surprised many observers, but it may prove to be politically astute.
The IPCC’s credibility is in tatters. From climategate to glaciergate, Amazongate, natural-disaster gate, and now Chinagate, the revelations of bad science keep coming. Given all that, plus the much-publicized flap between Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and Mr. Pachauri over the science behind “melting” Himalayan glaciers weeks before the Copenhagen climate summit in December, superficially one might have expected the Indian government to jettison Mr. Pachauri as soon as possible.
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