The group of German scientists issued a proclamation on September 15, 2007 titled “The Climate Manifest of Heiligenroth” with six basic points of skepticism about man-made global warming. They stated that their “motivation was to initiate processes against daily campaigns of media and politics concerning climate.” Their six points are: 1) “There is not proven influence on climate by man made emission of CO2. 2) Scenarios on future climate change derived from computer models are speculative and contradicted by climate history. 3) There has been climate change in all times of Earth history with alternating cold and warm phases. 4) The trace gas CO2 dos not pollute the atmosphere. CO2 is an essential resource for plant growth and therefore a precondition for life on Earth. 5) We are committing ourselves to an effective preservation of our environment and support arrangements to prevent unnecessary stress on eco systems. 6) We strongly warn against taking action using imminent climate catastrophe as a vehicle which will not be beneficial for our environment and will cause economic damage.” Read more here. Watch organizing meeting on youtube here.

Meanwhile Analytical Chemist Hans Schreuder who publishes the website ILoveMyCarbonDioxide.com, rejected man-made global warming fears in 2007.  “Any and all arguments put forward by the perceived consensus of scientists who still have their names engraved on the IPCC report are based on nothing more than theory and best fit computer modeling. Normally varying weather patterns are “blamed” on AGW without any scientific basis and for the sole purpose of scaremongering a gullible public,” Schreuder wrote on December 10, 2007. Schreuder also asserted that “ALL ‘proof’ is based on theories and computer models, not actual direct evidence - cause there ain’t none. ALL the records from the past show clearly that CO2 did NOTHING to ‘drive’ or ‘force’ any temperature changes. If it did, we would be as hot as hell by now and no life would be possible.” Read more here.

By Jen Kelly, news.com.au

A West Australian medical expert wants families to pay a $5000-plus “baby levy” at birth and an annual carbon tax of up to $800 a child. Writing in today’s Medical Journal of Australia, Associate Professor Barry Walters said every couple with more than two children should be taxed to pay for enough trees to offset the carbon emissions generated over each child’s lifetime. Professor Walters, clinical associate professor of obstetric medicine at the University of Western Australia and the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth, called for condoms and “greenhouse-friendly” services such as sterilisation procedures to earn carbon credits.

Australian Family Association spokeswoman Angela Conway said it was ridiculous to blame babies for global warming. “I think self-important professors with silly ideas should have to pay carbon tax for all the hot air they create,” she said. “There’s masses of evidence to say that child-rich families have much lower resource consumption per head than other styles of households. Read more here.

By Senator James Inhofe in Human Events.com

For the first time in history, a fatally flawed global-warming cap-and-trade bill passed out of the United States Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. Democrats, led by Chairman Barbara Boxer (D.-Calif.), approved the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 (S 2191) by a vote of 11 to eight December 5. While the outcome of the vote in committee was never in question—since Democrats hold the majority—it did provide Republicans the opportunity to expose many of the serious flaws of this bill. The fact is this bill is simply all economic pain for no climate gain: Numerous analyses have placed the costs at trillions of dollars. Even if one accepts the dire claims of man-made global warming, this bill will not have a measurable impact on the climate.

First, this bill will force energy prices even higher. Supporters of this bill are going to be asking the American people to pay even more for energy at the pump and in their homes at a time when energy prices are already on the rise. If this bill passes, electricity prices are estimated to skyrocket 35% to 65% within just seven years, forcing a huge economic hit on American households. Additionally, the poor will be the hit the hardest as they pay about five times more per month, as a percentage of their monthly expenditures, compared to wealthier Americans. The consequences of higher fuel bills for poor Americans can be devastating. High energy bills were cited as one of the two main reasons for homelessness, according to a 2006 survey of Colorado homeless families with children. Further, the Lieberman-Warner bill would mean the loss of millions of American jobs. The respected consulting firm Charles River Associates International testified before the EPW Committee last month that by 2020 this bill will cause a net loss of between 1.5 and 3.4 million jobs.

Meanwhile John Kerry noted in Bali that if China and other emerging economies don’t contribute to reining in greenhouse gases, “it would be very difficult” to get a new global climate deal through the U.S. Senate, even under a Democratic president. Read more here.