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Forest Carbon Scam by Energy Giants

Forest Carbon Scam by Energy Giants

In 1997, the three energy multinationals American Electric Power (AEP), BP-Amoco (BP), and Paci?corp signed an agreement with the government of Bolivia. The deal involved for these companies to be allocated the carbon offsets generated by keeping trees standing, ‘in return for millions of dollars of investment for the protection of an area of rainforest [...]
Cynical politics and the scarecrow of global warming

Cynical politics and the scarecrow of global warming

Al Gore, the biggest and noisiest pusher, mover, and shaker of global warming politics repeatedly claims that 98 percent of scientists agree with him. He also urges media to ignore the climate skeptics. Cynical politics may be redundant, but it’s hard to imagine a more cynical political issue than global warming. The underlying agenda of the [...]
The Controversial CO2

The Controversial CO2

Perhaps to make Earth Day 2009 more significant, carbon dioxide (CO2) was officially categorized as a pollutant by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This overhauls the grand scheme of things through the climate change bill which has already survived the US House of Representatives, and is awaiting an equal approval by the US Senate. The impending [...]