Global warming round-up

Lots of global warming-related stories you may have missed:

• Threat of Kyoto is leading to wholesale deforestation in New Zealand.
• U.N. climate talks aren’t going anywhere.
• IPCC chief says it will be very difficult to limit temperature rise to 2 degrees C.
• Irish emissions rise.
• France opposes binding targets on renewable energy use.
• Scientific paper that suggested Gulf Stream slowdown was based on a trivial error.
• More evidence of the effect of solar variability.
• Cap and trade schemes around the world aren’t working.
• UK likely to miss its emissions reduction targets.
• Shipping contributes twice as much to emissions as aviation.
• The Internet (who invented that?) is using more and more energy.
• Why a leading French atmospheric scientist and socialist politician recanted.
• Leading evangelicals concerned that global warming alarmism is diverting National Association of Evangelicals staff from “the great moral issues.”
• Environmentalists (rightly) concerned at rush to Ethanol.

Phew!  Enjoy the reads!