'Settled Science' chronicle: world has 7.5 times more trees than previously believed

It seems that scientists were a little off in calculating the number of trees on the planet. You remember trees: they turn CO2 into oxygen and water. In fact, if you buy a “carbon credit,” you are paying to plant trees to buy an indulgence for your private jet travel -- just like Al Gore and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supposedly do. Well, all those calculations of doom over purported CO2-caused global warming may be a little more unsettled. The Wall Street Journal reports:


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Collapse of Chicago Climate Exchange is Personal Setback for Obama

SUITE 101, 11/12/2010 by John O'Sullivan - Republican mid-term election joy deals financial uncertainty among green investors as the Chicago Climate Exchange announces the end of U.S. carbon trading. Read more at Suite101: Carbon Trade Ends on Quiet Death of Chicago Climate Exchange

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Crooks get gold ring on Europe’s ‘carbon carousel’

WASHINGTON EXAMINER, 4/29/2010 by Barbara Hollingsworth (Local Opinion Editor) - For those who still believe the global warming people are all about saving the planet instead of lining their own pockets, here’s another clue: Prosecutors in Frankfort, Germany investigating massive carbon trading fraud froze the assets of their nation’s largest bank and second-largest utility, Bloomberg reports. This is comparable to telling Bank of America and Southern California Edison that they can’t take any money out of their own bank accounts. Read more at the Washington Examiner... Read More......