Friday, June 12, 2009

Guest commentary: Climate change reconsidered: reasons to question beliefs
Thus, contrary to claims by the anthropogenic climate change community, there is stark evidence that we are not the culprit. And before we spend “anything that it takes” to solve this now unproven problem, we may want to reassess public opinion. In fact, given that large parts of the world won’t make the changes that the U.S. and Europe are considering, it seems folly to have some nations air condition themselves while others leave the “barn doors open.”
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Mogil is a certified consulting meteorologist, retired National Weather Service employee and a longtime weather educator.
Wait 'til next year: U.S. climate [fraud] bill, U.N. pact seen more likely in 2010 | Green Business | Reuters
"Action in the Senate will be far more difficult than in the House," Eileen Claussen, president of the Washington-based nonprofit the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, told an Environmental Finance conference on Thursday. She said it's "nowhere near certain" that the bill would come to a Senate vote this year.

Two obstacles stand in the way. First, advocates must convince the public the bill, which might initially raise electricity and other energy prices, will ultimately save money by heading off damage caused by global warming.
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"I don't think not reaching an agreement (in 2009) will be particularly dire," one carbon market broker said.

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