Tax meat, ban burgers on Mondays, the Cambridge Climate Congress knows what is good for us.
The old Catholic habit of abstaining from meat may have faded away in many homes after Vatican II, but what was once taught as being good for your soul is now being promoted as good for the planet by the likes of David Suzuki. It truly does illustrate the point John Allen makes in his book (Mercatornet review here)that traditional Catholics and eco-Catholics may soon be bumping into each other while lining up for fish at the cafeteria, but they'll be doing it for different reasons.Wonk Room » Rep. Tom Perriello Tells ‘Spineless’ Senate To Get ‘Its Head Out Of Its Rear End’ And Confront "Climate Crisis"
Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) is “sick” of the “insider baseball crap” dominating the Senate debate over global warming and energy reform. In an interview with Grist, the first-term congressman stated in no uncertain terms that the country is at risk from global warming and our economy is at risk of losing the clean energy race. Like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Perriello has not one lick of sympathy for those in the Senate who deny these threats:Warning Signs: Stop Al Gore Before He Lies Again..and Again...and Again!
It was unworthy of The New York Times to lend itself to the continuing lies of Al Gore, but neither it is surprising since the credibility of this once respected newspaper has been trashed by its appalling biases and a succession of reporters who have been found to be plagiarists and fantasists.Rudd not backing down on ETS [scam]
About the only thing left in which a reader can put any confidence is the date under the Times banner each day.
"If you look at Mr Abbott's so-called direct action, his climate change con job, I mean you do the numbers on it, maybe at best it would produce a one per cent impact.
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Mr Rudd said he stood by previous comments that climate change was a profound economic and moral challenge for the country's future.
"When our kids look back in 20 year's time and ask the question of this generation, were they fair dinkum or did they walk away from it, I'd rather say that I threw everything at it."
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