Climate change - Opinion - Letters

What was it that caused people to think global warming was not happening and climate change was nonsense?

I bet primary seven pupils know the answer.

You just have to look at page five of last week's Reporter, where Loch Lomond was frozen over for the first time in 47 years, to see why.

Temperature overnight tied record low set in 1956 | Seattle Times Newspaper

In Seattle, the temperature dropped to 28 degrees Monday night, tying a record set in 1956, according to the National Weather Service.

EPA Administrator Jackson Predicts Congress Passing Cap-Trade [Swindle] Bill | AHN

Washington, DC, United States (AHN) - Congress will pass a Cap and Trade bill cutting carbon emissions through industrial trade-offs, announced Lisa Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a Luncheon event at the National Press Club on Monday.

Jackson said the drive for cleaner air and water has wide support. "Everyone wants a clean environment Ten out of 10 Republicans want clean air to breathe. Ten out of 10 Democrats think safe water is important. Ask all 20, and they'd actually agree."?

"When the air is dirty, or the water is contaminated, and people are getting sick, those kinds of health costs are multiplied by millions of families," she said, adding, "...they're a burden to small businesses trying to provide health care to their workers. Good environmental protection is critical to our health, and because of that it's critical to our economy. Second, environmental protection is critical to our health, and because of that it's critical to our economy."
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Jackson said alarmists are going against the overwhelming desire of the American people for a cleaner environment now rather than continue to subject their children to the dirty air and other climate hazards that endanger asthmatics, such as her own son, and sufferers of cancer and heart disease.??
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Jackson reassured the audience that whatever the stand is taken on various issues including, pesticides, off-shores drilling and site-cleaning, American people will be consulted.

Does Jackson really believe that it's dangerous to breathe air that contains trace amounts of carbon dioxide?!

Carbon Dioxide (CO2): Environmental Health in Minnesota

What levels of CO2 are considered safe?

Carbon dioxide is not generally found at hazardous levels in indoor environments. The DLI has set workplace safety standards of 10,000 ppm for an 8-hour period and 30,000 ppm for a 15 minute period. This means the average concentration over an 8-hour period should not exceed 10,000 ppm and the average concentration over a 15 minute period should not exceed 30,000 ppm.