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 [...]
Entries from April 2007
Airline Joins Blogger in Calling Offsets ‘Snake Oil’
April 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: · Carbon Credits, Carbon Offsets, Carbon Offsets Modern-Day Snake Oil, EasyJet, Guardian, snake oil, Snake Oil Sellers, The Guardian
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 [...]
Tags: · Business & Media Institute, CNN, CNN Executive, Gas Prices, Gasoline Alternative, Gasoline Alternatives, Gasoline Tax, Healthier Food Options, Price of Gas, Will work for fuel, Will work for fuel t-shirt
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 [...]
Tags: · Al Gore, Belle Meade Mansion, Climate Change, Earth Day, Former Vice President Al Gore, Gore, Gore Hesitant to Sign Pledge, Gore Losing Debate, How a Little Change Can Make a Big Difference, Inhofe, James Inhofe, Tipper Point, Tipping Point
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 [...]
Tags: · Al Gore, Dan Calabrese, Global Socialism, Global Temperatures, Global Warming, Global Warming Headlines, Global Warming Propaganda, Global Warming Skeptic, Great Lakes, Internal Combustion Engines, Live Earth, Live Earth Concerts, North Star Writers Group, Save the Planet, Saving the Planet, Science by Consensus, Super-Consensus of Scientists
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 [...]
Tags: · Arms Race, CAFE Treaty, Central Asia News, Cold War-Style Arms Race, Cold Warrior, Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, The Simpsons, The Simpsons on YouTube, Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, Vladimir Lenin
















