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Entries from April 2007

Airline Joins Blogger in Calling Offsets ‘Snake Oil’

April 30th, 2007 · No Comments

A headline in today’s business section of the UK’s Guardian confirms what I wrote in Bob McCarty Writes™ posts here and here:
EasyJet slams ’snake oil sellers’ in offset market and goes it alone
Though I received civil criticism from one high-level industry insider (see comments below this post), I stood firm in leading my counterparts in [...]

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Would New Fuel Tax Spur Use of Alternatives?

April 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

In a Business & Media Institute article today, Dan Gainor discusses a proposal offered by a CNN executive that calls for the government to immediately add a tax of more than $1 per gallon at the pump. Why? To encourage the use of gasoline alternatives. Thinking such a proposal is unwise at [...]

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Inhofe: Gore Losing Debate Over Climate Change

April 30th, 2007 · No Comments

UPDATE: OneNewsNow.com reports Al Gore is, according to Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), losing the debate over climate change and still refusing to sign a pledge to reduce his home energy use (see earlier Inhofe-Gore posts at Bob McCarty Writes™).

It should come as no surprise that the former vice president and one-time “next president of [...]

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A Global Warming Skeptic’s Primer on Propaganda

April 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

[Editor's Note: Over the weekend, I came across a column by Dan Calabrese, whose image appears in the photo at left. As a fellow public relations practitioner and global warming skeptic, Calabrese offers a clear understanding of the issue of global warming that is well worth your reading time. With permission [...]

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Putin Suspends Russia’s Compliance with Treaty

April 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

At Bob McCarty Writes™, I’ve tried to keep my readers in touch (see these posts) with the many ways Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking Russia back to the days of central government control over everything. Today’s tidbit stems from an April 27 New York Times article outlining Putin’s decision to suspend his country’s [...]

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