February 13, 2009 by admin.

“Scare,” a two-minute video highlighting the scare tactics of global-warming alarmists, made its debut on the Internet Tuesday, February 3. The video launches The Heartland Institute’s online marketing campaign to promote the second International Conference on Climate Change, taking place March 8-10 in New York City. Approximately 1,000 scientists, economists, policy experts, elected officials, and civic and business leaders are expected to attend the conference.

Watch “Scare“.

Read the CO2-Science Magazine — New issue posted every Wednesday

CO2 Truth-Alert: Elevated CO2: How Sweet it is … for Sugarcane!

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February 13, 2009 by admin.

Summary of new material published weekly on CO2 Science

-  How did the waders adjust to the warming of the last two decades of the 20th century? … and what is the important lesson to be learned from the result?

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:04:04 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V12/N6/EDIT.php

-  Was there a Medieval Warm Period? YES, according to data published by 664 individual scientists from 389 separate research institutions in 40 different countries … and counting! This issue’s Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week comes from South Bay, near San Francisco, California, USA.

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:03:39 GMT http://www.co2science.org/data/mwp/studies/l3_southbay.php

-  Is there evidence for a sun-temperature link at the global scale?

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:02:43 GMT http://www.co2science.org/subject/s/summaries/solartempglobal.php

-  This week we add new results (blue background) of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature for: Corn, Garden Pea, Lambsquarters, and Redroot Amaranth.

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:02:16 GMT http://www.co2science.org/

-  What does the evolving enterprise reveal about the connection between global warming and tropical cyclone activity?

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:01:54 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V12/N6/C1.php

-  Do the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age survive the critical analysis of an international team of 18 climate specialists?

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:01:30 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V12/N6/C2.php

-  How unique is the region’s [the North American Great Plains] modern warmth?

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:01:05 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V12/N6/C3.php

-  To what should we look for an explanation of its recent global expansion of dengue fever?

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:00:40 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V12/N6/B1.php

-  What are the effects of CO2 and ozone on VOC emissions by oilseed rape? … and why do we care?

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:00:14 GMT http://www.co2science.org/articles/V12/N6/B2.php

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February 12, 2009 by admin.

The Hindu

Fire breaks out at FACT in Kochi

Kochi (PTI): A fire which broke out at the Sulphur handling facility of the Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) on Wednesday, gave some anxious moments to Kochi port authorities.

The fire at the Q10 berth was immediately brought under control, port sources said….(Full Story)

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February 7, 2009 by admin.

CBCnews.ca
February 6, 2009

Fort Chip cancer rates higher than expected: report

CBC News

The number of cancer cases in Fort Chipewyan is higher than expected, according to a report from Alberta Health Services released Friday.

Fifty-one cancers in 47 people were found in the remote community, 300km north of Fort McMurray, between 1995 and 2006, a dozen more than the 39 cancers that were expected, and the incidences of some cancers warrant more followup, the report said….(Full Story)

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February 4, 2009 by admin.

The transcript of a letter (appended) received from FOLC’s lawyer will correct false and misleading rumours that have been set into motion and are circulating.

The rumours motivated some individuals to distance themselves from FOLC and thereby to stop resisting the attempts to impose on the residents of Lamont County industrial processes that are potentially harmful in a variety of ways, in respect to health, lives, properties and our way of life, in addition to not yet identified increased tax burdens because of not yet specified necessary upgrades to the County’s infrastructure (e. g.: requirements for road construction, fire-fighting and emergency response capabilities).

The transcript of the letter:

ACKROYD, LLP
BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS

RICHARD C. SECORD, LLM
(780) 412-2717
rsecord(_at_)ackroydlaw.com
ASSISTANT: NICOLE MAH
(780) 423-8905 ext 243
nicolem(_at_)ackroydlaw.com

OUR FILE No. 136695/RCS

YOUR FILE No.

January 31, 2009

Members of the Friends of Lamont County

Dear Friends of Lamont County Members:

Re:    HAZCO ALBERTA SULPHUR TERMINALS LTD.
SULPHUR FORMING AND SHIPPING FACILITY APPLICATION NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD (”NRCB”) HEARING APRIL 14, 2009

We have been retained by the Friends of Lamont County (”FOLC”) to represent it at the Natural Resources Conservation Board (”NRCB”) Hearing which will take place on April 14, 2009 in Fort Saskatchewan. An NRCB Pre-hearing Conference meeting was held in Lamont on January 27, 2009.

In paragraph 27 of the Pre-hearing Submission filed by the FOLC, it stated:

… in order to effectively participate in the hearing, they require expert advice and legal counsel. As they receive no financial benefit from the Project, they should not have to finance the cost of the experts and legal counsel.

We understand that you may have been contacted by various individuals suggesting that membership in the FOLC may result in liability for legal fees and expert costs in the event that all of those costs are not recovered through the NRCB’s Intervener Cost Claim Process.

We wanted to let you know that our retainer to act for FOLC is on the basis that our legal fees will be recovered through the NRCB Intervener Cost Claim Process. In the event that all of our legal fees are not recovered in that process, there will be no additional levy to any of the members of the FOLC.

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The experts that are working for the FOLC have also been retained on the same basis. These experts will be filing reports which will assist the NRCB in determining whether the HAZCO project is in the public interest. In· the event that the FOLC experts do not receive full payment through the NRCB Intervener Cost Claim Process, there will be no additional levy to any of the members of the FOLC.

If you have any questions about the basis of our retainer, please do hesitate to contact the undersigned at 780-412-2717 or Kevin Schultz at 780-940-9832 or Denis Van Brabant at 780-818-2011.

Yours truly,

ACKROYDLLP

(Signed)

RICHARD C. SECORD RCS/nm

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1500 FIRST EDMONTON PLACE, 10665 JASPER AVENUE, EDMONTON, ALBERTA T5J 3S9 TELEPHONE (780) 423-8905 FAX: (780) 423-8946

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February 4, 2009 by admin.

Edmonton Journal
Feb. 4, 2009

Poisoned farmland cleanup may hit $10M

By Darcy Henton

An Alberta couple could be waiting another decade before the damage an oil company caused to their property 40 years ago is cleaned up and the land they farm is fully reclaimed, an Alberta Surface Rights Board panel has been told….(Full Story)

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