Another Inconvenient Truth
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Saturday, September 05, 2009
Scoop: Global warming legislation would fail
The errors from the projections were more than seven times greater than the errors from the simple no-change forecasts...
The Migrant Mind: Winters of Discontent in Mississippi
But what is fascinating is the pattern that gives rise to that bias. Every winter, Brookhaven City is warmer, often by more than 10 degrees. There can be only one cause of this, so far as I can tell--it is that the thermometer at Brookhaven City is next to an heat source, a strong heat source. I dont' know what it is but it doesn't have the same effect in the summer as it does in the winter months.
SUVs again
As Adil Najam, the director of the Centre for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, told The Boston Globe last week: "The solution to those problems [of resource depletion] is not in the Pentagon. It is moms and pops driving SUVs."
Absurd prediction
With scientists predicting a 90cm sea level rise in Sydney by 2050 because of climate change, the house itself may yet be in danger.
Mojib Latif warns IPCC of cooling
The bulk of these people is completely detached from reality. I think that they must either literally believe that it is strictly impossible for another decade of no-warming or cooling to take place; or they must believe that they're able to prevent the remaining 6.8 billion people from noticing or talking about the fact if it becomes a fact by 2019 or 2029.
Pielke Senior: Arctic Temperature Reporting In The News Needs A Reality Check
The publication of these news articles are clearly meant to influence the political process, as evident in the last paragraph, where Schmid writes "The finding adds fuel to the debate over a House-passed climate bill now pending in the Senate."
A Few Reactions to 'The First 300 Days"
People in climate change and renewable technologies may be getting too much money to spend wisely.
A much needed climate change bible:
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/books/stories/a-much-needed-climate-change-bible
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/books/stories/a-much-needed-climate-change-bible
Time: Is there a climate-change tipping point?
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1920168,00.html?iid=digg_share
5 last-ditch schemes to prevent global warming disaster
http://www.littleabout.com/news/32758,5-ditch-schemes-prevent-global-warming-disaster.html
Entire cabinet signs up to 10:10 climate change campaign
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/03/cabinet-signs-up-10-10
Silly alarmism
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2009/09/06/2003452877
Friday, September 04, 2009
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
US official: 'Sea change' in US on climate issues : US World
Geneva - A senior United States official said Wednesday that a "sea change" was taking place in public opinion on climate change among citizens in the world's largest economy and biggest emitter of pollutants. "We are beginning to see a sea change in the United States in attitudes towards the climate," Jane Lubchenco, an under secretary of commerce, told reporters in Geneva, where she was attending a UN climate conference."In many people's personal experiences things are different," she said, adding that this was driving the change, as increased floods and other events were causing Americans to rethink their opinions.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
AFP: Poor nations need 'wartime' support against climate change: UN
The report endorsed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said: "The idea of freezing the current level of global inequality over the next half century or more, as the world goes about trying to solve the climate problem, is economically, politically and ethically unacceptable."
Risky schemes to cool Earth
LONDON - SCI-FI proposals to cool the planet are laden with risk but may be Earth's only hope if politicians fail to tackle global warming, scientists said on Tuesday in their biggest evaluation to date of 'geo-engineering' concepts.
UN chief 'alarmed' at Arctic glacier melt
Ban said world leaders had a "moral political responsibility" to safeguard the future of the planet.
"I am very much alarmed and surprised to have seen these glaciers all worn," he told journalists as he visited the Ny-Aalesund climate change research station in the Svalbard archipelago, located 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) from the North Pole.
"Unless we take urgent action to stem this trend, we maybe virtually ice-free by 2037, even by 2030," he said.
The Rosett Report » Prepared With the Help of Russia, China and, Of Course, Iran…
Attuned, perhaps, to criticisms that there is a certain amount of hypocrisy involved in UN conferences that entail hundreds of people jetting in for a week of dining, wining and filling the plush hotels, the conference organizers have included in their materials some suggestions for making their conclave “more climate friendly.” This includes the reminder, “Don’t forget to turn the light off when you leave the room.” Actually, that could stand as a motto for the entire endeavor. All over the world, if this UN campaign gets any more traction, a lot of lights are going to go out. It’s happened before, and there’s a name for it: The Dark Ages. For that, perhaps it makes some sense to have the governments of Russia, China and Iran on the organizing committee.Summer sea ice likely to disappear in the Arctic by 2015
If current melting trends continue, the Arctic Ocean is likely to be free of summer sea ice by 2015, according to research presented at a conference organized by the National Space Institute at Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Meteorological Institute and the Greenland Climate Center.2007: Al Gore lays blame for Bali stalemate on U.S. | Reuters
In a speech familiar to viewers of his film "An Inconvenient Truth" and to a global climate change lecture tour, Gore puzzled over a lack of urgency to fight climate change at Bali.Business Daily - The dark side of carbon trading
"There's no precedent in history, culture for the radically new relationship between humanity and the planet," he said, citing new evidence this week that the North Pole may be ice-free in summer as soon as 2012.
Early last year GreenSeat calculated that it costs a mere 28 dollars to plant 66 trees which ‘‘compensates’’ for the carbon-dioxide emissions of a return flight from Frankfurt to Kampala.Minnesota government blatantly promotes climate fraud at the Minnesota State Fair
Although the project has a guaranteed lifespan of 99 years, the indigenous communities in the mountain are bitterly opposed to it.
Moses Mwanga, chairperson of the Benet Lobby Group, an organisation pushing for the rights of the Benet, told IPS during a visit to the area that the evictions have caused indescribable suffering to the Benet who are now living as squatters, having lost their land and other belongings to armed park rangers.
[Check out the "fact" sheet here]
Maldives president tells world: 'please, don’t be stupid' on climate change
Kenya: Charter Flights Increase as Tourism Picks Up
"Will this be difficult to accomplish? Definitely. Will this painful to do? Probably. Will this be possible to achieve? Yes, absolutely possible. If man can walk on the moon, we can unite to conquer our common carbon enemy. We are willing to play our part."After we've conquered carbon dioxide, can we go after oxygen and water?
Kenya: Charter Flights Increase as Tourism Picks Up
Mr Muya attributed the increase to winter as normally many European tourists come to the Coast in December to soak up the sun rather than stay in cold weather.Flashback: KENYA: Victory declared as "food miles" campaign is mired in controversy | Agrifood Standards
First to rattle the sub-sector was the food miles concept that threatened to lock local producers from key markets especially in Europe on grounds that shipments from far flung areas were contributing to global warming through carbon emissions.
Photo of the Day - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online
Clean-Energy Grants: Iberdrola Cleans Up - Environmental Capital - WSJ
Environmental activists display effigies of, from left to right, U.S. president Barack Obama, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, British prime minister Gordon Brown and Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi during a demonstration calling for the world leaders to take immediate action against climate change in Jakarta, Indonesia.Response to ‘Peak Oil’ Critics (the hydrocarbon age is still young: plan accordingly) — MasterResource
Clean-Energy Grants: Iberdrola Cleans Up - Environmental Capital - WSJ
European wind companies are the biggest winners in the U.S. plan to jumpstart clean energy.Twitter / Tamarah Russell
heading to my first class of the day History of Rock Music. Then Global Climate Change at 4.U. of I. economist to address European global warming [scam] conference | News Bureau | University of Illinois
He warns that cap-and-trade systems increase prices for electricity and gasoline, with economic effects similar to a regressive tax because those costs then comprise a much higher percentage of household spending for low-income families than for high wage earners.
[But what caused the stifling heat 150 years ago?]: » Lincoln’s summer home offers a lesson in green building
ClimateWire: One hundred fifty years ago, there wasn’t much the locals could do to escape the stifling heat of this city’s August.George F. Will: How Obama Is Like Huey Long | Newsweek George F. Will | Newsweek.com
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“The buildings that have really caused global warming and climate change are the existing buildings, so we have to pay attention,” said Barbara Campagna, an architect with the trust who is leading its work at the Soldiers’ Home, the site of Lincoln’s cottage.
The supposed means of paying for the president's $1 trillion health-care plan include substantial Medicare cuts that will never happen, and the auction of carbon-emission permits that, instead, would be given away by the Waxman--Markey cap-and-trade legislation the House has sent to the Senate.Big Money Returns to Wind Power–For How Long? - Environmental Capital - WSJ
That legislation is a particularly lurid illustration of why no serious person nowadays takes seriously Washington's increasingly infantile bandying of numbers. The point of cap-and-trade is to impose a ceiling on the nation's greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions—primarily carbon dioxide. The legislation endorses the goal of holding the global carbon--dioxide level to a maximum of 450 parts per million by 2050. That. Will. Not. Happen.
The cash grants make clean-energy deals more attractive for bankers. But wind farms and other projects still need to find buyers for the electricity they generate—and which costs more than juice generated by traditional power sources.Wind Farms Set Wall Street Aflutter - WSJ.com
The strong interest echoes the $3 billion cash-for-clunkers program that provided incentives to trade in older, lower-gas mileage cars, and which was quickly overwhelmed by demand. "We are concerned that this may evolve into a cash-for-clunkers version 2.0," says a spokesman for Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican.Al Fin: Spain's Solar Suicide a Warning to the Wise
Spain's economy is crashing, in part due a burst housing balloon and in part due to the Spanish government's insane overcommitment to solar energy. The Spanish treasury is being sucked dry by well-intentioned subsidies for solar installations -- $26.4 billion in commitments for one year alone. And they will get only about 450 MW of power for all that. Compare with what they could have gotten from the same investment in nuclear
Renewables at 2.5% Of Electricity Generation Have A Long Way To Go « TechPulse 360
It has been 47 years since the publication of “Silent Spring” kicked off the environmental movement and still tens of thousands of Americans still don’t believe in greenhouse gas warming or understand the consequences. You would think we might do better then that.Back to Square One - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online
No. I suspect that the Bayhs, Lambert-Lincolns, Nelsons (the Nebraska one — that fellow from Florida who says he could see global warming from space is too much of a project), and Landrieus of the world are telling Reid that he probably just doesn't want to have the vote — previous promises to the House to "not BTU you" notwithstanding. But with this hyper-partisan crowd — which, in the face of a public revolt, has proven to include some of the tinniest ears in Congressional history — anything's possible.Worldchanging: Bright Green: Japan's Yukio Hatoyama and Climate Change
He has promoted green technology and renewable energy (albeit with a regrettably heavy focus on nuclear power), talked about making Japan's cities more livable and, perhaps most importantly, has pledged real action on climate change: a 25 percent cut in Japan's greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 (below 1990 levels).MetroXpress sponsors ‘100 places’ exhibition
Though he has also pledged to cut the gas tax and highway tolls, that target puts Japan near the forefront of the climate debate. "I want Japan, as a leading technological power, to show more leadership," Hatoyama says.
Until the beginning of the conference on December 7, Danish free daily MetroXpress will publish one picture (right, today’s issue) from the Copenhagen 100 Places to Remember Before they Disappear exhibition, developed by Co+Life.‘Green’ Undergarments — For a Premium - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
Is there really a market for “green” underwear?Pitchfork: Thom Yorke to Perform Title Song From Global Warming Film
Thom Yorke has never been shy about his feelings on global warming, i.e., it is real and it will kill us all if we don't do something about it. The Radiohead singer will put his high-pitched voice to use in the effort to raise climate change awareness when he sings the title track from the upcoming eco-doomsday flick The Age of Stupid, according to Paste (via TwentyFourBit).
EU presses US Congress on climate change, says should cut carbon emissions
Jo Leinen, chair of the EU parliament’s environment committee, said the assembly would send a delegation to Washington later this month to explain the EU’s decision to cut emissions by 20 percent from 1990 levels by 2020.Quadrant Online - A policy to hurt Australia
Even the most devout anthropogenic climate change believer knows that Australia acting alone to reduce carbon emissions will not make a jot of difference to the climate. They also know that Australian industry and jobs will disappear overseas in the absence of a truly global agreement.Hot Air » Blog Archive » Can the GOP win back the House in 2010?
They have two easy targets with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to paint Congress as aggressively radical, but that has to be paired with an agenda that wins hearts and minds across a broad spectrum.Nationals rev up for road trip and send a signal on emissions
If the GOP can do that, they have a good chance of retiring Pelosi from the speaker’s chair, and to reduce Reid’s votes in the Senate (and perhaps to bounce Reid himself out of it).
Motoring from Lismore to Maclean yesterday, Senator Joyce told the Herald the most common discovery thus far was ''people hate the ETS, they hate it with a passion''. ''Now they understand it, they don't like it.''Report on Survival in the Lead Up to Copenhagen: APPLY TODAY « It’s Getting Hot In Here
Do you want to report on the most compelling stories of the climate crisis? Are you an amateur photographer wanting to learn the skills of your trade while doing your part to save the climate? Or maybe you are a videographer wanting to change the outcome of the UN Climate Negotiations (COP 15).
We are calling all passionate youth journalists who want to use their skills to launch “Survival,” to the forefront of the international political debate, amplify voices underrepresented by traditional media, and report on the most compelling climate stories from around the world.
Americans rebelling against the Political Elites in Washington?
# These "mobs" and "astroturfs" are demanding to know exactly what the Cap and Trade is going to cost them in higher utility bills and hidden taxes on every product from manufacturer to the shelves of retailers to consumers.Z Magazine - Climate Justice
An entirely new global mythology has arisen around the idea of carbon offsets. Nearly every time you buy tickets for an airplane flight, or for some major cultural events, someone is out to sell you offsets to alleviate your contribution to global warming. Carbon offsets have become the postmodern version of the indulgences the Catholic Church used to sell in the Middle Ages to buy your way out of sin. But on a global scale, with corporations instead of individuals as the main players, they have become a scam of gigantic proportions.Frost strikes area in August | Ontario
“Although nothing here was killed by the frost, the soybeans which are just podding will simply shut down and not mature. Even some of the late seeded grain is so far from maturity it is doubtful it will make it,” observed Bliss noting that the Corn Heat Units- a measurement of the growth season- to the end of July were only 1307 versus a normal year of 1550 to 1650 for that date.UN: Poor need 500 billion-plus a year to adapt to climate change - Monsters and Critics
Geneva - Calling the currently allocated funds 'woefully inadequate', a new United Nations report released Tuesday says rich countries should send 500 to 600 billion dollars a year to poorer nations for mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
Fallout Shelter: Team Obama Seeks to Limit Reach of CO2 [Hoax] Ruling - Environmental Capital - WSJ
The Obama administration is studying ways to limit the reach of any greenhouse-gas regulations it might eventually set to large industrial sources, such as power plants and factories, rather than small businesses.NY requires life jackets for cold weather boating - BostonHerald.com
The move could help the administration limit the political and legal fallout of the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision in April to declare greenhouse gases a threat to public health.
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York has become the first state to require life jackets for everyone in all small pleasure craft during the six coldest months of the year, when capsized boaters drown faster in chilly water.IowaPolitics.com
GRASSLEY: Well, I had four town meetings two weeks ago and 12 town meetings last week. And every meeting I had, if the cap-and-trade issue came up -- and I'd say it came up in more than half of my town meetings -- I heard from agriculture there was complete opposition.The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : When the merits just won't do
Now, for their other Big Idea, "cap-and-trade" - which effectively moves another one-sixth of the economy under state control - the cry from Senate Democratic leadership, specifically Majority Whip Dick Durbin (IL), is Senate Majority to Bloomberg Television, "The president has urged us to do this so that we'll have credibility at Copenhagen," referencing the December confab at which the U.S. is expected to sign a Kyoto II treaty.AFP: French carbon tax debate turns toxic for Sarkozy
So much for that "end of the world!" thingy, I guess. We've got a conference to show Europeans Obama's not George Bush, standing up for sovereignty and energy security and other whimsies.
PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan for a carbon tax on fuel threatened Tuesday to backfire as critics slammed it as unfair and his own camp fretted it will anger voters already hit by the crisis.
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Rasmussen: Obama at 45%
Congress has to be watching this decline with a great deal of trepidation. Those facing constituents next year had hoped to rely on a popular President to garner turnout and discourage competition. How many of them will be running away from Obama a year from now rather than with him?Cooler Heads Digest 28 August 2009 | A Crestfallen Greenpeace Activist
I recently spoke to a pro-climate bill kid on the street. He had all of Greenpeace’s talking points down-climate refugees, wind and solar’s future, the European heat wave, etc-which I easily refuted. When he came to Exxon’s past support of climate realists, he looked truly heartbroken when I told him that Exxon now supports Nature Conservancy and Conservation Fund. Using the alarmists’ logic, if we were shills then, they’re the shills now.New Quixote tilts at turbines
And I went on to explain how that, according to the draft, the current energy-rationing bill was “modeled closely” on the recommendations of big corporations-GE, Shell, Duke Energy, etc. I think I may have ruined his day.
Hugues Leblanc has spent about $4,000 on wind turbines to save only $5 or $10 a month on his electricity bill, but he's nonetheless on the cusp of a movement of urban "self-generators"Op-Ed Columnist - The Obama Slide - NYTimes.com
The result is the Obama slide, the most important feature of the current moment. The number of Americans who trust President Obama to make the right decisions has fallen by roughly 17 percentage points. Obama’s job approval is down to about 50 percent. All presidents fall from their honeymoon highs, but in the history of polling, no newly elected American president has fallen this far this fast.
Anxiety is now pervasive. Trust in government rose when Obama took office. It has fallen back to historic lows. Fifty-nine percent of Americans now think the country is headed in the wrong direction.
John Kerry's climate fraud promotion
Anyhow, Kerry has been trying to horn in on Al Gore's over the top Climainsanity to score some money and prestige. All he has accomplished has been to become pure Barking Moonbat.PoliGazette » John Kerry Jumps The Shark
They must also not have noticed the frost warnings in Minnesota…in August. But, then again, as noted in Kerry’s own article, “facts, as John Adams said, are stubborn things.”National Journal Online -- Energy/Enviro Experts -- Should EPA Bow To Chamber's Demand?
[Bill Kovacs, Vice President for the Environment, Technology & Regulatory Affairs Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce] Before responding to the National Journal’s question, let me clarify a few things. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is not denying or otherwise challenging the science behind global climate change. Many of the news articles on our petition the past few days made that claim. They are not correct.Look Out, Alaska! - Energy Tomorrow Blog
Surely there's a better way to address climate change rather than bankrupting Alaskans and making virtually everyone else in America poorer.The Alarmists’ Rat Cage - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online
Watch the video below to see Alaska Energy Citizens share their perspectives on the climate change bill currently being considered by Congress.
No doubt the widespread public rejection of climate alarmism, and the reticence in Congress to end so many of their legislative careers, is playing a role in the alarmists’ malaise. But this is starting to sound like the kid who swears he could start at quarterback but never manages to show up at try-outs, muttering that the coach doesn’t like him and everyone knows how good he is, anyway.
On the path to Climate [Scam] Conference in Copenhagen: five questions to Barbara Buchner
There is no point in hiding the fact that change is going to be costly at the beginning, and not only in economic terms but also regarding our habits and lifestyles. But it is useless to look for easy ways out.Australian Climate Madness: Australian heatwave just "natural variation" - BoM
I think that this is truly the best moment to begin change. As Rahm Emanuel [editor’s note: Chief of Staff in the Obama White House] wisely pointed out: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before.”
What, not because of evil SUVs? Surely some mistake? An almost balanced article - ACM editor falls of chair in amazement.[How'd they power their cell phones and laptops?]: Candlelight, luminous vests and hairdryers: How Britain survived rolling blackouts in the 1970s - Telegraph
Read it here.
Students reading by candle light, children walking to school in luminous vests and customers sitting under hairdryers in salons waiting for the power to come on are images assumed to have been consigned to history.Climate protests pass with noise but little incident - Telegraph
Some campaigners removed the "S" from the "Shell" sign above the door, leaving it spelling "hell", which they claimed was more appropriate.Heliogenic Climate Change: Everything's "consistent with" "climate change models"
The catastrophic fires that are sweeping Southern California are consistent with what climate change models have been predicting for years, experts say ...
Twitter / TheBritishMonarchy: The Prince of Wales's Household allegedly only emitted 2,601 tons of CO2(e) in fiscal '09!!
The Prince of Wales's Household is taking steps to combat climate change http://tiny.cc/Jrq6I - download Carbon Report http://tiny.cc/35zFiTwitter / Hansha Sanjyal
Breaking Twitter: India not agreed to sign "Kathmandu Declaration" at the South Asian Climate Change Conferenc Kathmandu to Copenhagen 2009London Protesters Glue Hands to RBS Trading Floor - Environmental Capital - WSJ
As London got back to work Tuesday, Climate Camp environmental protesters glued their hands to the trading floor of RBS in London and stripped naked in the front window of public-relations firm Edelman PR, Sky News reported Tuesday.I Hate Al Gore » Gored By Bull
What bulb in yonder fixture breaks?Creative-i / Book Review: Climate Justice: Red is the New Green
The mercury inside it makes
A toxic mess upon your floor
The global economic, climate change, food and energy crises are products of the decadence of capitalism that threatens to put an end to the existence of life and the planet. To avoid this outcome it is necessary to develop an alternative model to that of the capitalist system.
[A great place to avoid dengue fever?]: Coldest, Driest, Calmest Place on Earth Found - Yahoo! News
The study revealed that Ridge A has an average winter temperature of minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 70 degrees Celsius) and an extremely low amount of water in the air.Climate Change Destroys Lives: Let’s Face It - Osocio, Social Advertising and Non-profit Campaigns
New campaign from Oxfam Ireland: Climate Change Destroys Lives: Let’s Face It and Change It.The death of Scar (Jeremy Irons (voice)) in Lion King, The - Movie Deaths Database
The purpose of the campaign is to show how the world’s poorest people are the ones most directly affected by climate change.
The concept for the ad and website show a person being eroded and damaged by climate change, but then being restored by positive action. The ad features some really beautiful 3D animation, and the voiceover was done by Jeremy Irons.
For some strange reason the 90s was a time when Disney got really dark. In contrast to some other movies in the 90s (coughcoughBatman & Robincoughcough) that were really campy, Disney studios decided to get dark. The Lion King is a prime example. To kick off this Disney era is Scar who became one of the most evil Disney villains (well aside from Frollo but that's a given).Tuesday, 1 September « Greg Clark's Energy and Climate Change Blog
buried at the back of the plan’s Analytical Annex there’s a dark secret to be found on page 86. A very dark secret, because it reveals that the Government is expecting blackouts across Britain during the years ahead.About « Greg Clark's Energy and Climate Change Blog
Greg Clark is the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and the Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells.
Czar: 'Spread the wealth! Change the whole system'
C3: Obama & Democrats 'Cap & Trade' Plan To Enrich Big Biz and Special Interests: How Much?
Just days before his White House appointment, Van Jones, President Obama's environmental adviser, used a forum at a major youth convention to push for what can easily be interpreted as a communist or socialist agenda.[Of course it is]: Laughing Gas From Cow Manure Is a Major Warming Factor | 80beats | Discover Magazine
Just a few days ago, we wrote that laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, has become today’s biggest threat to the ozone layer. So what’s the greatest source of nitrous oxide? Manure, according to new research published in Nature Geoscience.[cartoon]: As the debate moves from health care to climate care…. « Climate Progress
C3: Obama & Democrats 'Cap & Trade' Plan To Enrich Big Biz and Special Interests: How Much?
Read here. If Waxman-Markey 'Cap & Trade' passes Senate, individual taxpayers (yes, you and me) will be involuntarily transferring our wealth to corporations (Duke Energy, GE, etc.) and special interests (i.e., foreign countries, community organizations and environmental groups) so they are properly "incentivized" to support the plan.US agriculture interests split over energy bill - Yahoo! News
"These guys that are screaming that it's going to drive costs through the roof ... all of the credible economic research that's been done really disproves that," said National Farmers Union president Roger Johnson.
He also said that energy costs could soar even without the legislation and noted that global warming could wreak havoc on the food supply.
"All of the climate change research says we're going to see more flooding, we're going to see more droughts, we're going to see higher temperatures, we're going to see more pests, we're going to see more diseases," he said. "All of these things are going to require significant adaptation cost increases for agriculture."
Why is the Party in Power So Fearful of Copenhagen? (Is a ‘death spiral’ for climate alarmism ahead?) — MasterResource
The end might be in sight for the mighty effort of the environmental left to put a cap on capitalism by capping carbon.DeSoggyBog: a parody of DeSmogBlog.com
DeSoggyBog is a parody of the environmental activist website DeSmogBlog.com. It is a project of NOconsensus.org and was created by Donna Laframboise, a former Vice-President of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.The Daily Bayonet » The Powerless Green Future
Ms. Laframboise believes that when activists insist their cause is more important than other people's free speech, we all need to worry. Read an all-kidding-aside critique here.
The perfect storm of a spineless political class and a somnolent public faced with aggressive green lobby groups has brought the UK to a point where it is a country without an energy future. No one listens to voices of reason, preferring to pretend that renewable energy can fill the gap and ignoring that ‘green’ alternatives require the industrialization of the open countrysideNorway Fund Moves Toward Green Investments - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, one of the largest in the world with about $400 billion in assets, plans to commit about $3.5 billion dollars over a period of five years to companies it deems environmentally sound and engaged in sustainable growth in emerging markets, an official at the country’s Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
Martin Skancke, director general of asset management at the ministry, said the Norwegian Government Pension Fund aimed to set aside the sum, which represents almost 1 percent of its present funds, for the initiative as it continues to develop a strategy to limit climate change through selective investment.
Iowa Corn Growers Association: New policies set for 2009 legislative session
On Climate Change and Indirect Land Use: * As carbon or cap and trade legislation or regulations are proposed, ICGA should review the scientific merit and economic impacts of such proposals, to determine whether the law would support the long-term profitability of the Iowa corn grower. ICGA should remain opposed to the current version of the 2009 Waxman-Markey climate change bill if it does not support long term corn grower profitability. (2010)Shopfloor » [Climate Fraud Bill] » Slippage and Deflection
Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Monday, asked about climate change legislation responded by talking about something else.World must plan for climate emergency - report
LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Humans may have to reset the Earth's natural thermostat and develop new technologies like reflecting sunlight back into space if climate talks fail, Britain's top science academy said on Tuesday.
Climate-change legislation delayed -- again - On Politics - USATODAY.com
Less than three weeks after he was elected president, Barack Obama pledged swift action on climate change. "Delay is no longer an option," he said.EU Chair lowers expectations to COP15 - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
Obama may not have reckoned on the U.S. Congress.
“I am confident that we will have an agreement, but at this point I doubt it will be enough to reach the two degrees target. The world is set on making a deal, but compared to the 2006 situation a lot of momentum has been lost. Too many seem to want others to take on the burdens,” Fredrik Reinfeldt tells Danish daily Berlingske Tidende.EurActiv.com - Green merits of car-scrapping plans questioned | EU - European Information on Climate Change
As European countries start to wind down their car-scrapping schemes, hopes of slashing transport emissions while stimulating the economy are being dashed by reports of illegal exports of old European cars to the third world.
ANALYSIS-EU carbon [fraud] market still open to tax fraud By Reuters
LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A patchwork of unilateral actions by a few European Union nations to prevent suspected tax fraud in carbon permit trading could serve only to push the activity into neighbouring states.National Journal Online - Dems May Struggle To Retain 60
A Reuters investigation into suspected carousel tax fraud exposed a mix of tax loopholes, lack of regulatory oversight and easy market access that could open the EU's $90 billion emissions trading scheme to abuse.
Yet it's also clear that as Obama's job approval ratings fall, it's taking a toll on Democratic incumbents who, earlier this year, were seen as relatively safe. New polls show Democratic Sens. Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Harry Reid (Nev.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) as vulnerable. A GOP poll released in late July showed popular North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven (R) handily beating Sen. Byron Dorgan (D).Don Surber » Blog Archive » The Sun enters global warming debate
Global warming is an excuse to push a socialist agenda on the United States. Pure. Simple.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon briefed on Arctic climate off Norway : Environment
The UN head was accompanied by Erik Solheim, Norwegian environment and international development minister.Ag secretary comes to Ohio
"His mission is to convince world leaders of the need for drastic measures against the climate threats," Solheim told broadcaster NRK.
"It's all about jobs, if we do climate change right," [naive U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown] said.Warmer winters, cooler summers ahead for Hunter - Local News - News - General - The Herald
But Brown said he wants to make sure that the final bill -- Senate committees will begin marking up the bill as early as next month -- will not result in severe spikes in electrical prices and further hurt Ohio's manufacturing base.
The senator said he does like how Ohio is positioned to transition its manufacturing base -- previously geared toward the auto-parts market -- into supplying parts for the alternative-energy industry.
"If we can make gears for cars, we can make gears for wind turbines," Brown said. "We can make this state the Silicon Valley of alternative energy."
STARTLING new climate research shows the Hunter Region will experience fewer differences between the seasons and more extreme storms, floods and heatwaves over the next 70 years.Will climate change make the United Kingdom warmer or cooler?
A University of Newcastle report, done for Hunter councils to consider climate change, projected a return to the weather trends of 1948 to 1976, a period characterised by the La Nina weather pattern and heavy rainfall.
It found average maximum temperatures, from 2020 to 2080, would get cooler in summer and spring, and winter and autumn would get warmer.
There are two scenarios for the UK as a result of global warming. It could get warmer or the climate could even become cooler.
87 months and counting … | Andrew Simms | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Perhaps the problem is that we cannot smell carbon dioxide.AFP: UN chief [enjoys lots of fossil-fueled transportation]
"One of the very important reasons for my coming to Norway is to see first-hand the dramatic changes to the Arctic and to learn what that means for mankind," he said in Oslo on Monday before departing for Svalbard.Clyburn to speak at climate change [hoax] conference - State & Regional - Wire - The State
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Weather permitting, he was also to take a helicopter to the Norwegian research vessel Lance which is studying the Arctic ice off Svalbard.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn is participating in a conference on climate change.North Korea - Grain Yields Amount to 65% of the Norm
Clyburn's office says the South Carolina Democrat is introducing the keynote speaker at the daylong Conquering Climate Change conference at South Carolina State University's Green Student Center.
Duke Energy chairman, president and CEO Jim Rogers is scheduled to give a keynote address to the group.
According to sources, North Korea’s agricultural sector suffered considerable damages this year from torrential downpours throughout the nation, cold-weather damage and damage from blight and harmful insects.
Due to low temperatures, which continued into July, the primary farming season, wheat and corn crops experienced stunted growth. Even bean farming which the North Korean authorities stressed as a matter of priority this year saw disappointing results.
Colorado: Lack of global warming drives bears closer to town
Bears in the Yampa Valley tend to base their diets on the abundant serviceberries and chokecherries; they also eat a variety of other wild berries and acorns.No Frost Yet, But Cool Weather Raises Concern About Crop Development - Iowa
Vail said a frost that swept through the area earlier this year may have killed many of the wild berries, while the warmth of the city and roads protected crops closer to civilization.
The 2009 Iowa corn and bean crops have been slowed down to the point they now have a greater risk of frost vulnerability than they would have had if the state would have received warmer temperatures the last 10 days or so in August. "Looking at heat unit or degree day accumulation across the state for the 2009 growing season," says Elmore, "we're running up to 12 days or so behind normal in some areas, based on a May 1 planting date. Parts of Iowa - northeast and north central in particular - are more than two weeks behind schedule. The best area of the state is southwest Iowa, where crops are only nine days behind normal."UK is 'facing 70s-style blackouts' - Falkirk Today
The looming power shortage is caused by the scheduled closure by 2015 of nine oil and coal-fired power plants, as part of ant-pollution measures. Four existing nuclear power plants are also set to be shut. Mr Clark claimed the scale of the blackouts could be three times worse than the government predictions.Climate Camp protestors storm RBS headquarters in City
Environmental protestors from London's Climate Camp have glued themselves to the trading floor in RBS and stripped naked at a PR company employed by E.On.If climate realists behaved this way, how would the mainstream media report it?
Niagara Gazette - COLUMN: Solar activity and climate change
It was not an overactive population, as some would say, that caused global warming. It’s foolish — even vain — to believe that Man is powerful enough to change the temperature of our planet. But, the sun, on the other hand, the very glue that keeps our solar system together and gives us the light and heat so crucial to life, is more than powerful enough to change temperatures when it’s in one of its moods. And it’s just getting into one of those moods, a very tranquil one at that. That cool demeanor will create a cool Earth and, once that happens, you can bet we’ll all be begging for global warming.Nashville luxury suites lure celebs | tennessean.com | The Tennessean
LOEWS VANDERBILT HOTEL'S PARTHENON SUITECold snap a chilling end to summer | Wisconsin
Cost: $800 to $1,895 per night, depending on the season.
Square feet: 2,100 square feet
Amenities: Two bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, a Jacuzzi that overlooks Vanderbilt's campus, a full kitchen, 24-hour room service, full concierge staff, a private access lounge on a private access floor, a dining room that seats up to eight, special menu provided for pets, among other perks.
Famous guests: Every U.S. president since Ronald Reagan, The Rolling Stones (multiple visits), Stevie Wonder, Bob Hope, Diana Ross, Dave Matthews Band, Kenny Chesney, Kevin Costner and many more. The suite also served as headquarters for then vice president Al Gore during the 2002 presidential campaign.
Record-cold weather this week had gardeners scrambling to protect plants from temperatures that plunged below freezing early Monday morning.
Merrill set a new record low temperature of 31 degrees, breaking the previous record of 38 degrees set in 1931, said WSAW-TV Chief Meteorologist Mike Breunling. Wausau's low temperature was 39 degrees, a few degrees higher than the record low of 35 degrees in 1915.
Widespread frost spread north of Marathon County and was patchy in areas to the south.
Will climate change [scam] well run dry? - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com
But what level of congressional action will satisfy the international community is an open question. Some Democratic aides believe the House bill and committee passage of Senate legislation are sufficient. But others say international negotiators are far savvier and understand that without a Senate floor vote, passage is far from certain.When the power cuts start, blame Labour - Telegraph
A greater sense of urgency is evidently required, yet Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, appears to be far more focused on climate change than energy generation. It will be left to a new Government to take the decisions Labour has dodged, and that will mean extending the operational life of old power plants while dramatically accelerating the development of new generating capacity, notably nuclear, and vastly increasing gas storage capacity. Even then, it is going to be touch-and-go whether the lights stay on or not just a few years from now.Climate bill is too complex | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/01/2009
The more I look at Congress' legislation to address climate change with a cap-and-trade program, the more it looks like a Rube Goldberg device - one of those amusing contraptions that employ all manner of moving parts in a complicated, convoluted process that performs a simple task.New Mexico Independent » U.S. Energy Secretary Chu calls for ‘new industrial revolution’
Speaking at a conference at New Mexico State University, Chu said it has become “overwhelmingly clear” in recent years that global warming is directly tied to the burning of fossil fuels by humans. That means carbon emissions must be regulated, he said.
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Chu was visiting a congressional district rooted in southern New Mexico that’s heavily dependent on the oil and gas industry. After voting for controversial cap-and-trade legislation that was approved earlier this year, Teague faced angry constituents at town-hall meetings, and some expressed beliefs that global warming isn’t real or at least isn’t caused by humans.
Chu spent a great deal of time during his speech countering such beliefs by showing charts that indicated rising temperatures and the correlation to the burning of fossil fuels. Americans should embrace the reality that global warming is caused by humans, Chu said, and help push their nation toward energy independence and efficiency.
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Chu wasn’t only in Las Cruces to speak at the conference. After his speech, he was to attend a fundraiser for Teague, who is in a tough reelection battle against former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M.
29% Confident That Congress Knows What It’s Doing on Economy - Rasmussen Reports™
Two-out-of-three American voters (67%) lack confidence that Congress knows what it’s doing when it comes to the economy.Climate [hoax] legislation draws its friends and foes: Alaska
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Just 25% of all voters believe that members of Congress understand legislation before they vote on it.
More than 150 people attended the rally at the Dena'ina Convention Center. Many in the room sported bright yellow T-shirts that said "I'm an energy citizen" that were offered for free just outside the room.The American Spectator : The Democrats' Cap and Traitors
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Lavin is one of several scheduled to speak during a roundtable discussion Wednesday night about climate change consequences in Alaska and the climate bill. The roundtable starts at 6 p.m. at the University of Alaska's Lew Haines Memorial Room. Like the rally, it is also part of a national tour, this one sponsored by the Al Gore-founded Alliance for Climate Protection.
According to an analysis by National Journal's Ronald Brownstein, 59 percent of Democrats representing districts carried by John McCain in the 2008 presidential election defied both President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by voting no.Indec raises stright carbon tax issue
That explains some of the Democratic opposition in the Senate, where about 15 Democrats are not doing Harry Reid's bidding.
So why not a straight carbon tax? The gimmickry of cap n trade reminds of Madov and Ponzi schemes. I spoke with a prominent expert at Georgia Tech several years ago and he said he could not document real emissions reductions from any trading programs he has audited. I found the same results.
But a straight carbon tax would take effect now, during a deep Recession and cripple the economy more and for years to come. Waxman Markey gave away nearly all of the credits to industry, muting real cost impacts for several year, until we are out of the Recession. While my heart strings pull for a carbon tax now, I know it makes no political sense. I do not even think Waxman Markey will be strengthened
An American Lion - The Environmentalists Are Losing Their Mojo
Environmentalism is not bad; I don't mind being able to walk around outside. I would rather not end up doubled-over, poisoned by chlorine air and covered in sores from horrid, ulcer-causing raindrops. Half-assed political organizing is the death-knell in this country. You'd think savvier people would have figured out that they were going to be deep-sixed by this Democrat Congress. Perhaps they should have been reading more blogs.Farmers take another blow: Nitrous oxide linked to ozone | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com
Nitrous oxide, a gas emitted by the application of nitrogen fertilizer to cornfields, already has been blamed for making the Earth hotter by contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.OpEdNews - Diary: The Road to [Global Warming] Hell is Paved With Good Intentions
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Now, government scientists have said nitrous oxide is the biggest threat to the Earth's ozone layer.
The politicians in China and India can do the same political calculus that American politicians do. Why should they sacrifice economic growth that benefits their people today in favor of a better climate tomorrow for Europe or the United States?Reverend and the Makers play at Guardian's climate change [fraud] event - Review - Spoonfed London
The folks at Climate Camp – bless their organic hemp socks – may be rounding up their swoop of Blackheath in South London tomorrow but don't expect to have heard the last on climate change. The latest to sound a clarion call on the issue is the Guardian. Today, the newspaper launches 10:10; a campaign that asks individuals, businesses and organisations to try to cut their carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.What Makes Champagne Bubble?
The initiative kicks off with a mass sign-up event at the Tate Modern this afternoon from 4pm to 7pm, where indie bands Reverend & The Makers and Stornoway are putting on a storming show. Anyone who pledges to the cause gets a metal 10:10 tag made from scrap metal salvaged from old airliners, and first 1,010 to come down get a complimentary glass of champagne. (Spoonfed mantra #1: Never turn down free bubbly.)
Carbon dioxide is pumped into the wine and then it's bottled under pressure, the same way soda pop is carbonated.
Global warming and the sun -- latimes.com
But we live in a moment when we are told, nay lectured and harangued, that if we use the wrong toilet paper or eat the wrong cereal, we are frying the planet. But the sun? Well, that's a distraction. Don't you dare forget your reusable shopping bags, but feel free to pay no attention to that burning ball of gas in the sky -- it's just the only thing that prevents the planet from being a lifeless ball of ice engulfed in total darkness. Never mind that sunspot activity doubled during the 20th century, when the bulk of global warming has taken place.
Monday, August 31, 2009
It's the Minnesota summer of 69° – brrrr | StarTribune.com
Past weather patterns have shown that a very chilly summer and very cool August, which we've had this year, may signal a colder-than-normal winter is ahead.
Pakistan emerges as bridge builder in climate change [scam] talks
NEW DELHI: Pakistan is working towards developing a solution to climate change because it is in the country’s interest, said Farrukh Khan, Director of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Climate Change Cacaphony - Washington Post comments
In an exclusive interview with The News, he said: “We are playing the role of a bridge builder and have been chairing meetings in the process. It’s difficult, however, to quantify the achievements.”
We'll close with 12thgenamerican, who predicted, "i can't wait for the climate bill town halls,if they have them. you are going to see a backlash that will make the health care town halls look like a sunday social. out with the radical leftists."Our best guess about global warming may be wrong | csmonitor.com
They know that a dramatic spike in carbon dioxide associated with rapid climate change kicked off the epoch – called the “Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum” (PETM). But what scientists don’t understand about the PETM may hold the most relevant lessons for where the world’s climate is headed today.Franny Armstrong: 'If you're not fighting climate change or improving the world, you're wasting your life' | Environment | The Guardian
So far, scientists have been unable to reproduce the PETM in a climate model. In order to get the climate they suspect existed, they have to crank up carbon dioxide far beyond what they think was actually the case.
Franny Armstrong is talking about yeast. "If you put yeast in a jar and give it an energy source like sugar, it will gobble that up as fast as it can, surround itself with its own waste and then die." There is, she suggests, a close parallel between yeast and us. "We're on the yeast path. But we're worse than that – we're intelligent. We are going to be the first species to wipe itself off the planet knowingly."
[Are we sure that wind turbines couldn't slightly change the climate?]: Wind turbines show up on radar as tornadoes
Wind turbines in Iowa and across the country are showing up on weather radar and looking like tornadoes. Recently, the Des Moines National Weather Service office received a call from an emergency worker who mistook a wind turbine for a twister on doppler radar.Ian Katz: The beauty of 10:10 is that it's both achievable and meaningful | Environment | The Guardian
The 10:10 campaign, which is launched today in partnership with the Guardian, is designed both to answer the call for immediate action, and to offer individuals and organisations a meaningful way of taking it. It is the brainchild of Franny Armstrong, the irrepressible film-maker behind The Age of Stupid, a powerful docudrama about our failure to tackle climate change. The idea is compellingly simple: by signing up, individuals and organisations from multinational companies to schools and hospitals commit to doing their best to cut their emissions by 10% by the end of 2010, precisely the sort of deep, quick cut the scientists say is needed.The Coming War Over Climate [Fraud] | Mother Jones
Are we ready for the street brawl to come on this?Poor weather limits Ont. winter wheat output
Weather for the development of the crop in the fall was extremely poor, he said. There had been adequate snow cover for a portion of the winter, but an early melt left the crop vulnerable to tremendously cold temperatures and, in turn, lots of frost heave.
"In the spring we were looking at reduced stands and a winter wheat crop that in general was not very vigorous," Johnson said. "Combine that with a late spring, and we thought the crop was in big trouble."
The American Spectator : Enviros on the Run
Well, actually, the enviros are losing because of substance, not money. They are losing the political debate. Fewer people believe climate alarmists today than did last year. And most people understand that wrecking the economy is not a good remedy for anything.After a bright start - Telegraph
What new tricks are the good folk at the Met Office planning?Record Lows Are Farmers Woes - KIMT.com – Iowa & Minnesota Together
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While ambition is to be encouraged, rather than having a guesstimate of whether our great, great grandchildren can expect to sweat or shiver, we would happily settle for an accurate prognosis of what the weather will be doing by the end of the week.
"We definitely need heat units to mature the crops, and we are far behind,” said Brown looking at his soybean fields.Chilly? Region sees coolest August morning in 22 years
"If we're gonna accumulate heat units at this slow of rate, as we are now, we will need a much later than normal killing frost date,” added Young.
DAYTON — The temperature dipped to 46 degrees Monday morning, Aug. 31, at the Dayton International Airport, the coolest reading for an August morning in 22 years, the National Weather Service said.Overnight temps fall into the 20s in northern Minnesota | Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ
St. Paul, Minn. — Temperatures dropped into the 20s and 30s across northern Minnesota early this morning.Radio Iowa: Cool weather leads to record lows overnight
International Falls had a record low temperature of 34 degrees, The National Weather Service in Duluth reported.
Brad Fillbach, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Johnston, says it was quite chilly overnight.
He says Mason City had a new record low of 38 degrees, breaking the old record of 40, which was set in 1967. Many communities in northern Iowa saw upper-30s overnight while southern Iowa had more temps in the low and mid-40s, well below the norm for late summer. Fillbach says the end of August saw temperatures well under average for the month, following a July that was the coldest Iowa July on record. He says warmer weather should be returning soon.
Check your thermostats: Farmers' Almanac predicts numbing cold for much of the country | StarTribune.com
The almanac, which has been published since 1818, issues annual forecasts using a formula based on sunspots, planetary positions and the effects of the moon.Cap and Trade: The Messiah and the Incompetent Sludge in Congress Are Out to Kill Us with this Huge Hidden Tax! | Jacksonville.com
The Messiah and his sycophants love to tell us that “going green” creates jobs and reduces costs but the truth is just the opposite. The only way jobs can be created or saved under the false gods of green is for government subsidies; just ask Germany! It all means higher taxes. And higher taxes are not factored into the Florida calculations above so fasten your seat belts.SCENARIOS: Fate of climate change [fraud] bill in Congress | Reuters
THIS IS CHANGE YOU WILL NOT WANT TO BELIEVE!
A big question is whether and how Boxer will "tweak" the initial sale or giveaway of pollution permits utilities and manufacturers will be required to obtain. Obama wanted all permits to be sold; the House ended up doing nearly the opposite, with 85 percent being given away. Boxer is under pressure from all sides.Unwitting Businesses May Pay Twice in UK Carbon Credit Scam
Businesses that unknowingly participated in a suspected carbon trading scam could face millions of dollars in legal fees and penalties, reports the UK Sunday Times. Any company involved in the scheme may be subject to an audit.
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Oh my: New Zogby poll shows Obama’s approval at … 42%
It’s not quite as bad as it looks, but it’s plenty bad. Since last month, he’s down 13 points among Democrats, nine points among liberals, and 18 points among voters 18 to 29.National Journal Online -- Energy/Enviro Experts -- Should EPA Bow To Chamber's Demand?
I begin by answering these questions with questions: Why would anyone oppose a full, open, transparent hearing to determine whether evidence supporting the most consequential regulatory decision of our time—affecting schools, hospitals, farms, apartment buildings, restaurants, nursing homes, and thousands of other sources—is up-to-date, accurate, and reflective of the best available scientific research? And why wouldn’t the Obama Administration, and its supporters in the environmental community, faced with a decision potentially imposing billions of dollars of costs on consumers and small businesses, favor a process that ensures maximum public participation and stakeholder input?Observations vs. Models (It’s High Time to be a Climate Realist) by Paul C. Knappenberger | Climate Realists
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