EIR Volume 34, Number 9, March 2, 2007

Volume 34, Number 9, March 2, 2007

Full Issue:

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.