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 […]
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
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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 […]
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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