Here’s a few global warming-related stories from around the world today:
- Germany may have to sacrifice its luxury car industry to pursue global warming mitigation policies.
- Renault is expecting to have to raise its prices for new cars as a result of the same policies.
- China and India are raking it in as European companies, unable to reduce emissions, buy credits from those countries. Italy will spend the equivalent of the economy of Iceland this year.
- UN data confirm that America’s recent performance on emissions is much better than Europe’s.
- Greece’s emissions are rising sharply, an embarrassment for Stavros Dimas, the EU Environment Commissioner, who is Greek.
The Washington Times story about the UN data also includes the following:
Global warming is not a “top-tier” issue, according to a Pew Research survey of 1,708 adults. Respondents ranked the issue fourth from last in a 23-item list of policy priorities for the White House and Congress. Only 19 percent expressed “deep concern” about global warming. A minority — 47 percent — blamed it on human activity. Among conservative Republicans, the figure was 20 percent; among liberal Democrats, 71 percent.
“The issue is of relatively low priority for members of both parties,” the survey said. It was conducted Jan. 10 to 15, with a margin of error of three percentage points.
Sorry, Al.
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