Archive for January 29th, 2013

Climate-change believers clash with skeptics as city hall plans for ‘volatile’ weather of the future

National Post: Predictions of a future with even more extreme weather in Toronto should be taken seriously, if only as a precaution, says a climate change skeptic at city hall, as others suggested the municipality may have to spend billions of dollars rejigging its infrastructure. The parks and environment committee unanimously agreed to set up a working group to examine the “increasingly wet and volatile climate” described in Toronto’s $250,000 Future Weather and Climate Driver study. Among its most alarming...

Dutch court to issue verdict in Shell Nigeria pollution suit

Reuters: A Dutch court will rule on Wednesday whether Royal Dutch Shell is responsible for pollution in Nigeria, a case activists say could set a precedent for damage claims related to the foreign activities of multinational companies. Four Nigerians and interest group Friends of the Earth filed the suit in 2008 in The Hague, where Shell has its joint global headquarters, seeking unspecified reparations for lost income from contaminated land and waterways in the Niger Delta. The Nigerians - fishermen...