Monday, April 20, 2009

China considers setting targets for carbon emissions | Environment | guardian.co.uk
A second government adviser, Hu Angang, has said China should start cutting overall emissions from 2020.

While that is a minority view and final decisions are some way off, the proposals are striking because they are at odds with China's official negotiating stance.
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Hu, an influential economist and advocate of "green revolution", is pressing the government to take a leadership role in Copenhagen by making a public commitment to reduce emissions, and last week submitted the proposal to set a new carbon dioxide goal.
Boehner's Climate Change Rejectionism Positioning to be Palin VP Running Mate? | TPMCafe
George Stephanopoulos of ABC's This Week pushed House Republican Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH-08) who gave an astonishingly rejectionist response on the significance of contemporary climate change trends.

My hunch is that Boehner is positioning himself to be vice presidential running mate material for Sarah Palin in 2012 -- as these answers were the sort she'd give.
Twitter: So it wasn't hot in "Bangkok" in April 10, 100, 1000, and 10,000 years ago?
thinks it would be a good idea to send all global warming skeptics to Bangkok for the month of April - without airconditioning....

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