Gore Urges Scientist to Change Science to Suit His Alarmist Agenda

The Newsweek article states:

"If we feed the biology and manage grasslands appropriately, we could sequester as much carbon as we emit," says Timothy LaSalle, CEO of the Rodale Institute, who presented at two summits. The political clash is this: if you tell people soils can be managed to suck up lots of our carbon emissions, it sounds like a get-out-of-jail-free card, and could decrease what little enthusiasm there is for reducing those emissions—as one of Gore's assistants told LaSalle in asking him to dial down his estimate. (He didn't.)

Kevin Grandia | A politically binding climate change agreement is great... if you're a politician

President Rasmussen said he was optimistic that a politically binding deal could be reached in Copenhagen. No kidding he's optimistic. Who wouldn't sign on the dotted line to an agreement that has absolutely no ramifications if the terms are not met?

Politicians invented the art of making promises they can't keep and now we're expected to bank on their promise to deal with the most pressing environmental challenge the world has ever seen. Call me cynical, but I think I'll be stocking up on sand bags and sunscreen tomorrow.

Countdown to Copenhagen: Obama Aide Warns of Slow Progress - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Mr. Stern encountered tough questioning from Republicans, some of whom challenged the idea that the earth is warming. Others expressed fear that the administration will commit the U.S. to an economically ruinous schedule of emissions reductions.

“The longer we wait, the worse it gets,” Mr. Stern told the panel. “At some point, people are going to recognize there’s too much carbon in the atmosphere.”

[Odd question, odd sample: What does this prove?]: Economists Concur on Threat of Warming - NYTimes.com

[Pie chart caption] Economists’ responses to the statement: “The environmental effects of greenhouse gas emissions, as described by leading scientific experts [which ones?], create significant risks to important sectors of the United States and global economy.”
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The law school’s Institute for Policy Integrity sent surveys to 289 economists who had published at least one article on climate change in a top-rated economics journal in the past 15 years. Half of those economists responded...