20. juni 2007

Michael Moore supports 9-11 conspiracy nutters Just from Michael Moore's mockumentary Fahrenheit 9/11, it appeared pretty obvious that the fat chief priest of anti-Americanism was also into 9-11 conspiracy theories. It should surprise nobody that he's now come out in support of the troofers. 6:52:22 AM    comment []  trackback []

- China bypasses US as world's largest carbon emitter China is now the world's largest emitter of CO2: China's emissions had not been expected to overtake those from the US, formerly the world's biggest polluter, for several years, although some reports predicted it could happen as early as next year. But according to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, soaring demand for coal to generate electricity and a surge in cement production have helped to push China's recorded emissions for 2006 beyond those from the US already. It says China produced 6,200m tonnes of CO2 last year, compared with 5,800m tonnes from the US. Britain produced about 600m tonnes. Jos Olivier, a senior scientist at the government agency who compiled the figures, said: "There will still be some uncertainty about the exact numbers, but this is the best and most up to date estimate available. China relies very heavily on coal and all of the recent trends show their emissions going up very quickly." China's emissions were 2% below those of the US in 2005. A part of the story, but one the European press would rather pretend didn't exist, is that US carbon emissions fell by 1.3 % in 2006. Kyoto is getting more and more irrelevant every day. 6:42:51 AM    comment []  trackback []

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