Volume 34, Number 9, March 2, 2007
The Fraud of Global Warming: True CO2 Record Buried Under Gore
by Laurence Hecht
The historical record of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, claimed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the justification for greenhouse gas reduction, is a fraud, as shown by research conducted by Prof. Ernst-Georg Beck of Freiburg, Germany. So much for Al Gore and his supposed “Inconvenient Truth.” Laurence Hecht, editor of 21st Century Science & Technology, reports.
What Really Causes Climate Change?
by Laurence Hecht
Dynamics of Earth-Sun orbital relationships, and not statistical trends in greenhouse gases, are the principal cause of climate change, as the past 2-million-year record of Ice Ages demonstrates.
Feature
For Today’s Young Adults: Kepler & Cusa
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
“The special relevance of the presentation of this material at this time, is its bearing on the setting of ongoing special research work in progress by scientific task-force teams presenting the international LaRouche Youth Movement (LYM). My function on this account, is to set the stage upon which those independent actors in the pursuit of science develop and unleash their own powers of creative performance.”
National
Libby Trial Fingers Cheney; Now Congress Must Do Its Job
by Edward Spannaus
The biggest mistake that Members of Congress are making, in the view of a number of qualified observers, is sitting back during the Lewis Libby trial, and hoping that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will do their job for them. Documentation: From the grand jury transcript of testimony by Lewis Libby.
International
Momentum for Strike on Iran Threatens To Be Irreversible
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Although recommendations for United States/Iran negotiations have come from many sources—including from within the United States as well as from Iran itself—Vice President Dick Cheney and his cohorts are still bent on starting a war.
Plot Brings Down Italian Government
by Claudio Celani
North Korea Deal Is Tentative Step Ahead
by William Jones
Economics
Japan’s Interest-Rate Hike Could Collapse the System
by Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Those who think the decision of the Japanese central bank to raise interest rates from 0.25 to 0.5% would have little effect, are ignoring the stunning importance of the yen carry-trade. Its collapse could bring down the whole house of cards of the bankrupt global financial-monetary system.
BoE, Not BoJ, May Pop the Carry Trade
by Paul Gallagher
Bush Biofuel Junket to Ibero-America Aims To Ensnare Region in Insanity
by Cynthia R. Rush
A Green Trap Germans Should Not Walk Into
by Rainer Apel
Leading Crop Scientist Warns of Potential Rice Crisis
An interview with Dr. Robert S. Zeigler.
Henry Wallace: Science To End Hunger Forever
by Robert L. Baker
Interviews
Dr. Robert S. Zeigler
Dr. Zeigler is director-general of the International Rice Research Institute. The world’s leading rice research center, the IRRI is located in Los Baños, Philippines. It functions as part of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the “Green Revolution” network for advances in food genetics.
Departments
The American System
How FDR Reversed the 1933 Banking Crisis.
Editorial
A Moment of Truth Has Arrived
