UN Climate Conference

I've been reading the rather poor news about this conference all week. Most of it is on how evil the United States are for not joining and how the US is evil for producing all the green-house gases, etc. Pretty much a predictable news evolution.

With news by the Guardian calling the present situation "Playing Russian roulette with the world" you can probably guess where they are in the discussion.

Then there is Slick Willy coming to the conference in a surprise speech for today.

n a surprise visit, former President Clinton will speak at the annual U.N. climate conference Friday, final day of a contentious two-week meeting, the United Nations confirmed.

Bush administration envoys here were said to be displeased at Thursday's news of the unusual appearance - of an ex-president at a critical point in backroom negotiations involving the U.S. delegation.

"They haven't protested formally, but they're annoyed," a source in the Canadian government, the conference host, said of the U.S. delegates. "They're not infuriated, but they're not thrilled."

Just what is needed. More posturing by Bill over the Kyoto treaty.

A city spokesman said the former president will be representing the William J. Clinton Foundation, which operates the Clinton Global Initiative, a program focusing on climate change as a business opportunity, The Canadian Press reported.

Clinton's vice president, Al Gore, was instrumental in final negotiations on the treaty protocol negotiated in the Japanese city of Kyoto eight years ago. It mandates cutbacks by 2012 in emissions of carbon dioxide and five other gases whose buildup in the atmosphere is expected to disrupt the global climate.

A broad scientific consensus agrees that greenhouse gases, byproducts of automobile engines, power plants and other fossil fuel-burning industries, have already contributed significantly to the past century's global temperature rise of 1 degree Fahrenheit.

Yes that Broad Scientific Consensus. The one that is unwilling to debate the alternative explanations. But I jump ahead a bit.

The linked article is from QandO which links a bunch of news articles that take an opposing stand or even discuss how many meteorologists with dissenting views were not allowed into the conference. There are links to alternate explanations for the global warming as well. Interesting reading.