WEDNESDAY'S HUM (02-07-07)
WIND POWER IN THE KINGDOM
Bet you missed this piece from the Barton Chronicle.
FEWER STUDENTS, INCREASED SCHOOL BUDGETS ?
Not in Randolph. See how one Vermont district is controlling costs.
CRAZED LOVE STRUCK ASTRONAUT HAS LOCAL TIES
WCAX reports in-laws live in South Burlington.
GLOBAL WARMING ? NOT!
Canadian researcher says no way!
MIDDLEBURY AT NORWICH
From the News and Sports Desk makes it seem like we were there.
posted by Brian Mcclintock at 14:14
1 Comments:
RE: The Canadian Global warming denier:
Dr. Timothy Ball (the author) is an advisor to the organization, 'Friends of Science', an oil-industry backed organization. Here's some info for you:
here,
here, and here.
From the first link above:
Few in the audience have any idea that Prof. Ball hasn't published on climate science in any peer-reviewed scientific journal in more than 14 years. They do not know that he has been paid to speak to federal MPs by a public-relations company that works for energy firms. Nor are they aware that his travel expenses are covered by a group supported by donors from the Alberta oil patch.
Most Canadians recognize, of course, that fossil-fuel businesses could lose large sums if the federal government moves to curtail greenhouse-gas emissions.
But they may not realize that by quietly backing the movement behind maverick figures such as Prof. Ball, the fuel industry - with its close ties to the party that brought Prime Minister Stephen Harper to power - is succeeding, bit by bit, in influencing both public opinion and Canadian policy on global warming, including the international Kyoto Accord.
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