Wednesday-Night

David Suzuki Foundation: The Skeptics
Jim Hoggan: Slamming the Climate Skeptic Scam
How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic: Responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming
Munk Debates 2009: Climate change is mankind’s defining crisis, and demands a commensurate response.
Terence Corcoran: Remember Amazongate?
(National Post) Climate scientists attached to the rickety Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]

Africa, China, the United States, and Oil ; Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Africa Policy Forum
A thoughtful article that goes a long way towards explaining conflict in and between nations - in Africa and many other parts of the world.
The Revenge of Geography : People and ideas influence events, but geography largely determines […]

More on oil and Wednesday-night.com Oil Notes

For several years, Wednesday Nights have witnessed often passionate discussions on the validity of M. King Hubbert’s prediction of the early depletion of (easily accessible - ‘cheap’) fossil fuels. With current rising oil prices, Hubbert’s Peak has become a familiar term far beyond the circles of energy experts. […]

Chatham House Briefing Paper - Cleo Paskal: How climate change is pushing the boundaries of security and foreign policy ; More of Cleo’s publications ; Global Warring website;  International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Climate Change and Security ; The Regional Impacts of Climate Change ; Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
The Cold War […]

One has to wonder what the IATA reps were smoking when they approved this cheery [and very self-satisfied] version:
Copenhagen Agreement Step in Right Direction - Aviation Strengthens Commitment to Tough Targets
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction for climate change. Aviation emissions were not […]

Related posts on Clean energy
Truly Eco-Friendly Wind Turbines 
… one of the major issues many take with wind energy is their appearance. Tall, unwieldy and ugly, many communities simply find the turbines unseemly and would rather not have them built. While the windfarms in Cape Cod were finally built, there was a huge struggle […]

On the eve of George W. Bush’s luncheon speech to a gathering of individuals willing to fork out a modest $4000 per table, no Wednesday Nighters indicated that they would attend. However, the unanimous reaction to the event was that the Montreal Board of Trade and other sponsors should be billed for the costs of […]

The European elections saw a record low turnout of 43%. The centre-left did badly in most countries. The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) will remain the biggest group in the European Parliament. Far-right and Eurosceptic parties did well in Britain, the Netherlands, Hungary and several other countries. See article 
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