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Rep Linder’s Calls for US to Be Blindfolded Lemmings

December 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on Rep Linder’s Calls for US to Be Blindfolded Lemmings

In a recent Politico OPED, Representative John Linder calls on the US to not jump off the cliff for climate. Looking at his truthiness-laden and error-filled opinion piece drives to the conclusion that Linder doesn’t want Americans to jump off the cliff, but more simply to wear blindfolds and walk over the cliff into catastrophic […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · Congress · Energy · politics

Real Climate Gate …

December 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments

A leaked document from COP15 negotiations shows that the concept of putting civilization on a path toward survival simply isn’t even on the table. Until a few years ago (including in the IPCC reports), the ‘consensus’ seemed to be that flattening CO2 levels at 550 ppm might be acceptable in terms of the planetary system’s […]

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Tags: climate change · Global Warming

The Bells Tolled for us at the Department of State

December 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on The Bells Tolled for us at the Department of State

Across the globe, yesterday, church bell towers chimed 350 times in a mass call for COP15 negotiators to achieve a fair, aggressive and binding (FAB) climate agreement. As the bell tolled, key environmental organizations were being locked out of the negotiations building (despite being accredited to enter) and a group of young climate activists sat […]

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Tags: climate change · energy efficiency · Global Warming · government energy policy