Reclaiming the Global Warming Debate

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Tuesday July 31, 2007 · 12:48 PM PDT

2007/07/31 · 12:48

For as long as global warming has been at the forefront of the media, there has been climate change deniers muddying the public discourse and slowing progress towards solutions.

The press, our politicians, and even the progressive blogosphere, have been integral in giving these "skeptics" a voice - by accommodating opinions that are patently false, and lending authority to those engaging in an agenda of misinformation.

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Friday February 23, 2007 · 3:15 PM PST

2007/02/23 · 15:15

Cross posted at The Conscious Earth

Having failed in their religious zeal to exorcise global warming from the political and public landscape, the right wing press is now engaging in the ultimate hypocrisy - accusing an environmental community grounded in solid science of being a new religion.

In Canada, this deft and concerted move of spin began in February 12th's cover story from The National Post - Is Environmentalism the New Religion? That the Post is a newspaper whose spin and political bent flows through the lens and judgement of the Christian religion is an irony that is entirely lost on the both the authors and editor of the article. However, their message has had legs, with the following recent print columns following suit:

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Thursday January 18, 2007 · 11:12 AM PST

2007/01/18 · 11:12

Seventeen people died in a suicide car bomb in Iraq over the past day as a part of the continuing violence waged for the protection of American access to oil.

Meanwhile, 65 have died in the US as winter storms continue to grip the so called Sun Belt states. To date, the cold snap has featured snows in the Malibu resort area of California and 33 deaths in the unlikely states of Texas and Oklahoma.

In northern Europe, 10 people have died and hundreds of air flights have been cancelled due to the violent storms slamming into Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and France.

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Thursday November 02, 2006 · 5:47 PM PST

2006/11/02 · 17:47

A report this week shows that China is leading all nations in investment in renewable energy development. Of the $38 billion spent worldwide in 2005, China was responsible for $6 billion or nearly 16% of the total. The US was a distant third despite boasting a GDP almost six times greater than that of China.

The uncomfortable question American's will increasingly be facing is "are we capable of doing anything?". While the US is idle, two of the developing nations Bush most often points the finger at for not being a part of Kyoto are leading with some of the boldest renewable energy policies in the world. Read More

Oil Glutton to Head US Energy Policy

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Wednesday October 25, 2006 · 5:21 PM PDT

2006/10/25 · 17:21

Former Exxon CEO, recipient of one of the largest bonuses in world history, and poster child for corporate excess Lee "Fat Bastard" Raymond has been tapped by the Bush Administration to develop national energy policies.

"..the environment is real. You can smell it. In parts of Houston, you can grab hunks of it with your hands and use it to lube your car! And if there is a single face you might want to use to personify this evil (climate change), he was in the news this week: the retiring and handsomely-compensated chairman of Exxon Mobil, Lee 'Fat Bastard' Raymond."

- Bill Maher, from Real Time Apr 21, 2006 Read More

Ex Greenpeace Pres Spews Spin Over Science

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Monday September 25, 2006 · 12:18 PM PDT

2006/09/25 · 12:18

Prior to becoming a professional spin doctor, salmon farmer, and apologist for unsustainable forestry, Patrick Moore was the cofounder of Greenpeace and served as that organization's president from 1977 to 1986. Proving that a man's beliefs follow his income, he has now become the latest "skeptic" in the lucrative business of misrepresenting the legitimate scientific evidence of global warming.
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Rumsfeld Leads Secret Talks on North American Merger

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Wednesday September 20, 2006 · 3:32 PM PDT

2006/09/20 · 15:32

Unbeknownst (and unreported) to citizens of Canada, the United States and Mexico, top government, military, and corporate leaders from all three nations secretly met in Banff this past week to pursue discussions on the merging of North American security, economy and defense.

Among the officials attending were Donald Rumsfeld US Secretary of Defense; Stockwell Day Minister of Public Safety, Government of Canada; NORAD; corporate executives from Chevron, Suncor Energy and Lockheed Martin; government officials from departments of energy, trade and military; and chief ambassadors from all three nations. Read More

Remedial vs Advanced Classes in Climate Change

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Monday September 18, 2006 · 12:43 PM PDT

2006/09/18 · 12:43

A study by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research is urging Britain to ramp up action on global warming, saying they have just four years to establish a road map that will ensure a low-carbon economy and a needed 70% reduction in co2 over the next thirty years. Down the hall in the remedial class, renowned US climate expert and NASA scientist James Hansen is telling the President that the US has a narrow ten year window to do SOMETHING.

The marked difference of time frames is obviously not a testament to faulty science. Rather, it shows the disparity of social, political and intellectual maturity between the two cultures - something we need to rapidly come to terms with here in the western hemisphere. Read More

Wal-Mart's Proving The Organic Lobby Irrelevant

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Friday September 08, 2006 · 1:15 AM PDT

2006/09/08 · 01:15

To put my opinion on my sleave, I full endorse Wal-Mart's organic push. Not only that, but the environmental and organic communities are doing quite a job alienating themselves from debate on the issue by not getting behind an initiative that will put healthier food choices into the hands of millions more consumers. Read More

George W - Two Strikes & No Balls

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Tuesday August 29, 2006 · 10:53 AM PDT

2006/08/29 · 10:53

Cross posted at The Conscious Earth

George W. received a pair of defeats last week in his ongoing effort to rollback environmental safeguards throughout the US. On August 23rd a federal judge blocked the Administrations plan to allow commercial logging in Giant Sequoia National Monument, and on August 25th Judge Coughenour shot down their attempt to weaken the rules governing pesticide use.
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Reclaiming the Global Warming Debate

The Environment - A Religion of Fact

Weather Tops Iraq

Can the US Do Anything?

Oil Glutton to Head US Energy Policy

Ex Greenpeace Pres Spews Spin Over Science

Rumsfeld Leads Secret Talks on North American Merger

Remedial vs Advanced Classes in Climate Change

Wal-Mart's Proving The Organic Lobby Irrelevant

George W - Two Strikes & No Balls