Could it be the UN cranking up the giant vacuum cleaners to “suck CO2 from the air? More likely the big Hoovers to suck the cash from your pockets methinks but don’t worry, they won’t create any CO2 shortage – airlines are telling the< EU to stick their illegal carbon constraints and China is deploying more of Hansen's "coal trains of death", so tree huggers can rest assured trees won't starve.
Global warming crisis may mean world has to suck greenhouse gases from air
As Bonn talks begin, UN climate chief warns of temperature goals set too low and clock ticking on climate change action
Fiona Harvey, guardian.co.uk
The world may have to resort to technology that sucks greenhouse gases from the air to stave off the worst effects of global warming, the UN climate change chief has said before talks on the issue beginning on Monday.
“We are putting ourselves in a scenario where we will have to develop more powerful technologies to capture emissions out of the atmosphere,” said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change. “We are getting into very risky territory,” she said, stressing that time was running out. (Guardian)
IATA chief warns EU over “illegal” carbon plan
Global airlines warned the European Union on Sunday of the risks of a possible trade spat over “illegal” plans to charge the industry for emissions, saying they echoed environmental failures of the past. (Reuters)
EPA seen delaying rules on greenhouse gases
Facing opposition from Republicans and many in the energy industry, the Environmental Protection Agency will likely delay proposing rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, expected in July, by at least a month, sources said. (Reuters)
China says to deploy more coal trains to ease power crunch
China’s Railway Ministry is ready to deploy more trains to transport coal around the country to help ease a power crunch which is expected to worsen as the hot summer approaches, state media said on Saturday. (Reuters)
As usual when they know an article will be creamed, there are no comments allowed in this Guardian article.
Check out A Nest of Carbon Vipers here, http://sppiblog.org/news/a-nest-of-carbon-vipers, for more on Figueres, who boasts on her website, that she was trained by Al Gore to deliver an Inconvenient Truth. She was also heavily involved in Carbon Trading with Lord Stern before getting the UNFCCC job.