http://www.wikio.com/search=global climate change Wikio - global climate change http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69516185 Some scientists believe Alaska will be among the first to feel the impact of global warming, but Sarah Palin told voters there she wasn't sure climate change wasn't simply part of a natural warming cycle. "I will not pretend to have all the answers," Palin said about global warming, according to the Anchorage Daily News. Her spokesman clarified at the time that "she's not totally convinced one way or the other. Science will tell us . . . She thinks the jury's still out." Palin shared her views in the run-up to the 2006 governor's race, at an Alaska Federation of Natives convention, where delegates passed a resolution calling for a mandatory reduction in pollution affecting the atmosphere. Answering a question from the Daily News, Palin cautioned against "overreaction." Those were among the comments that brought condemnation today from Greenpeace to her selection as Sen. John McCain's running mate on the Republican ticket. The environmental group's Alaska Global Warming Campaigner, Melanie Duchin, described Palin as "one of the most anti-environment records of any governor in the United States." "She has supported oil drilling in some of the most ecologically sensitive areas in Alaska, even when it meant sacrificing polar bears, beluga whales, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge," Duchin's statement said. "Despite her advocacy for expanded oil and gas drilling, Palin has done almost nothing to promote the clean energy sources that can help solve global warming, which is already having major negative consequences in her state," Duchin said. In an interview released by Newsmax magazine today, Palin said that while she recognized her state would be affected by climate change, that didn't mean humans are responsible. "A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location," she said. "I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made." Palin's comments stand in sharp contrast to those of McCain, who says at every campaign stop that he believes human activity is driving global warming, Source Posted by John Ray . For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM . For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don't forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:27:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69516185 noreply@blogger.com (JR) 2008-08-30T12:27:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69514169 This past Wednesday, the Governor's Commission on Climate Change held public hearings at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Concerned citizens from across Virginia showed up to tell the Commission once again that they want real global warming solutions now. Once again, climate change activists outnumbered the opposition (question: why on earth IS there even an "opposition" to saving our planet's environment?!?) by a huge margin. I hear that the "good guys" on this one walked away feeling empowered and triumphant. Unfortunately, most of the Virginia corporate/traditional media completely ignored this event. One newspaper, the Richmond Times-Dispatch , covered the event; here's an excerpt: Gov. Timothy M. Kaine should be more ambitious in cutting emissions linked to global warming, environmentalists told a state panel yesterday. Kaine wants Virginia to cut emissions of so-called greenhouse gases 30 percent from projected 2025 levels. Glen Besa, director of the Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club, and others asked yesterday for an 80 percent cut from 1990 levels by 2050. "Today, we are asking you to save our planet's climate," Besa said. Glen Besa is absolutely right, scientifically and morally. Here is what the science says: "If we are to have a 50 percent chance of meeting a 2 Celsius target we would have to cut global emissions by 80 percent by 2050." That's about as clear as you can get with this stuff. Can it be done? Yes it can, and yes it must. See here for exactly how. Sadly, there are still people - mainly tools of the fossil fuel industry - who are denying the science and denying the climate crisis. These "fossil fools," as they are called, sadly include Sen. Frank W. Wagner (R-Virginia Beach). In the Richmond Times-Dispatch article , Wagner "call[s] an 80 percent cut 'ridiculous,'" while writing off the climate change activists as "a very small minority of Virginia's population" and actually claiming that Gov. Kaine's extremely modest greenhouse gas targets are "ambitious." My god - the ignorance, the arrogance, the toolishness! In reality, cutting carbon emissions 80% by 2050 is very much achievable , if we set our minds to it. Florida's Republican Governor Charlie Crist gets it . Ah-nuld gets it . The neighboring state of Maryland gets it (actually calling for a 90% cut). Barack Obama gets it . John Warner and an increasing number of U.S. Senators get it . Al Gore of course gets it . Increasingly, the American people get it . But the Frank W. Wagners categorically do NOT get it. Part of the failure here is that the media rarely reports on energy and environmental issues in a way that might actually add to public understanding. Instead, most of what we get is the latest price of "gas" (pet peeve from working at EIA for 17 years: it's "gasoline" - natural gas is "gas") and other silliness. What we do NOT get is points like the following: *Reducing emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 is based on science and is not "ridiculous" as Sen. Wagner suggests. *There are major environmental, economic, and social costs of global warming in Virginia (and worldwide) if we fail to act. *Gov. Kaine's goal of 30% reductions is deceiving. It amounts to an actual reduction of 7% and even this modest proposal for CO2 reductions is inconsistent with approval of the Wise County coal burning plant. *Sen. Wagner says that climate change activists represent a very small minority, but at the latest meeting in Richmond, they outnumbered the opposition 46-2. So, who exactly is the minority again? Anyway, the bottom line here is that, on climate change, the corporate media has failed miserably - just as it has with many other important stories ranging from Iraq to Social Security to health care to...you name it. As Helen Thomas has said, journalism in the public interest appears to be dying or dead. Even serious journalism based on research, facts, and what used to be known as "shoe leather" (aka, "hard work," "effort," not just being a bunch of lazy ignoramuses and proud of it) seems to be on life support at best. Instead, it's dumbed-down infotainment, simplistic "on the one hand, on the other hand" reporting, lack of knowledge brought to technical subjects by overextended, overworked, and underpaid journalists (who are generalists, regardless, not subject experts). What a disaster. Anyway, just for the record, there WAS an important meeting last Wednesday on climate change, lots of climate change activists showed up, and despite Frank W. Wagner's willfully ignorant comments, there IS a serious climate crisis that requires dramatic action by local, state, and national governments (as well as each one of us). The question is, when is the Virginia media going to start reporting on this issue, and stop wasting their time with 12-part series on Chandra Levy and the like? Personally, I'm not holding my breath...how about you? Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:20:59 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69514169 2008-08-30T11:20:59Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69510390 LONDON – There are plenty of ways to cut your carbon footprint, whether it's driving less or buying an energy-efficient refrigerator. But the British Medical Journal, in an editorial last month, urged a more controversial one: having fewer children. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:42:01 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69510390 2008-08-30T10:42:01Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69501389 Today's Guardian has a detailed account of Boris Johnson's announcement yesterday of the strategy London will take in tackling climate change:"An increase in the number of rooftop gardens to soak up rainwater across the capital is among a series of... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:16:14 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69501389 2008-08-30T08:16:14Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69500389 Readers of my blog know that I do not blindly subscribe to the theory that global climate change is man-made and requires a costly, freedom-altering political solution warming who results may not be evident for hundreds of year, if ever.... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:04:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69500389 2008-08-30T07:04:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69508068 Boris Johnson launches his climate change strategy by the Thames barrier. Photograph: Martin Godwin To some they are a rural escape in the centre of the city, to others they are a chance to test their green fingers and design skills. Now London mayor Boris Johnson has found a new use for urban roof gardens – [...] Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:44:52 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69508068 2008-08-30T06:44:52Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69495603 2008 was the year I predicted, somewhat casually at some point in the previous 12 months, that the proverbial shit would hit the fan with regard to the world economy, climate change, and fossil fuels. It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to have been right, but the end of rampant, unfettered consumerism—or at least its [...] Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:30:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69495603 2008-08-30T05:30:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69504721 Russ Steele In an interview for the September issue of the conservative magazine Newsmax, Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, said she does not believe climate change is caused by human behavior. “A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:05:54 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69504721 2008-08-30T05:05:54Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69491042 The Alaska senator disagrees with the top of her ticket and the party platform. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:43:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69491042 media@politico.com (Avi Zenilman,Ben Adler) 2008-08-30T03:43:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69488065 The fight against global warming is in danger of being downgraded on more urgent fears over energy security, heightened by a Russian war with Georgia, and a global economic slowdown. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:29:43 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69488065 2008-08-30T03:29:43Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69489101 Astoundingly, Sarah Palin has denied that climate change is man-made--not in 1996, not in 1998, not in 2000, not in 2002, but in an interview posted on August 29, 2008. In response to this question: "What is your take on global warming and how is it affecting our country?" Palin answered : "A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made." In making this statement about one of the central issues of our time, Palin has rejected the view not only of the overwhelming majority of scientists, but also of the Environmental Protection Agency (under George W. Bush) and John McCain. --Cass Sunstein Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:26:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69489101 2008-08-30T03:26:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69489096 My New Atlantis article on the FWS decision to list the polar as a "threatened species" under the Endangered Species Act is now available online. Here's my conclusion:... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:08:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69489096 2008-08-30T03:08:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69483652 Watching Obama's acceptance speech (transcript) I was struck by how close Rudd (who also ran on fresh ideas and fresh thinking) and Obama are in policy ideas: On climate change, Obama said:As president, as president, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power. I'll help our auto companies re-tool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America.With the notable exception of nuclear energy, this is close to what the Rudd government is doing. On education:Now is the time to finally meet our... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:25:49 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69483652 2008-08-30T01:25:49Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69481111 We congratulate Senator Obama on his historic acceptance speech last night. His call for an end to the American dependence on foreign oil - and... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:51:57 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69481111 2008-08-30T00:51:57Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69479770 ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: Among the issues Sen. John McCain will have to smooth over with his new running mate: global warming. In an interview for the September issue of the conservative magazine Newsmax, Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, said... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:21:24 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69479770 2008-08-30T00:21:24Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69479188 An important article on The Earth Blog considers the possibility of capturing the combined carbon emissions from coal generation, oil burning and natural gas combustion; how things would have to change to allow this to happen and, if it could happen whether it would actually be a good thing. It wasn’t to long ago that I [...] Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:31 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69479188 2008-08-30T00:00:31Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69472756 WOW look at the SIZE of that seal! (photo added by Anthony, not NYT) Bearing Up By SARAH PALIN Published: January 5, 2008, Juneau, Alaska ABOUT the closest most Americans will ever get to a polar bear are those cute, cuddly animated images that smiled at us while dancing around, pitching soft drinks on TV and movie screens this holiday [...] Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:26:45 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69472756 2008-08-29T22:26:45Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69468872 More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:12:56 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69468872 2008-08-29T22:12:56Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69479636 February is a special month at Bubba Earth - it marks 4yrs since we received our 50:00) Brand New Bubba Earth Fabric Co-ops! (2007/5/3 13:23:35) More releases in Bubba Earth NewsSource: bubbaearth.com.au Earth - news tag - SoftpediaLatest News Softpedia Software Internet Science Global Warming Partly Sun’s Fault: There is little doubt [...] Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:45:06 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69479636 2008-08-29T21:45:06Z http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69480450 Cross-posted from 350.org… My body is beginning to re-adjust to the appropriate time zone after returning to our 350.org office here in Burlington, Vermont, USA from India just 2 days ago. It is overwhelming to reflect on all that I did and learned in India for August while meeting with partners and allies across the country. [...] Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:27:37 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/global+climate+change?rinfoid=69480450 2008-08-29T21:27:37Z