No, still not getting it on climate change

No, Pachauri is still not getting the point.

The point about climate change is not “is it happening?”. It is “how bad is it going to be?”.

Desperation looks good fighting climate change: geoscientist Broecker

NEW YORK, March 26 (Xinhua) -- He's known [by who, specifically?] as the "Grandfather of Climate Science." And he says preventing atmospheric carbon dioxide from reaching 450 parts per million (ppm) by 2040 would take draconian measures no country is willing to pursue.

Wally Smith Broecker, a renown geoscientist at Columbia University, told Xinhua on Thursday that unless governments forced all local industries to work towards solving the carbon dioxide ( CO2) problem, just as the United States converted all production to military materials during World War II, the global carbon output will exceed 450 ppm.

[A bit of realism from an unlikely source]: Global warming, is it real? - Braintree, MA - Braintree Forum

Now the climate change/global warming hypothesis is just that, a hypothesis. There is no positively, absolute proof yet that says uncontrolled fossil fuel emissions will turn our world into the rain-soaked world of “The Blade Runner.”
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We are Sustainable Braintree, a community group advocating sustainability and environmental awareness. Yes, we believe that climate change is real, but even more important – we believe we shouldn’t waste our dwindling environmental resources now. Saving resources will make our community a better place now and global climate, well, it will respond on its own. So the real question isn’t “Global warming, is it Real?” It‘s, “Do I care if our American landscape is ruined for an extra ton of coal, that an extra gallon of oil comes from countries that threaten us, or if our air gets more polluted – just so I can keep my incandescent lamp and spend the buck on instant gratification instead?”

Freezing winter tests homeless shelters, those on streets | The Augusta Chronicle

Across Georgia, 52 homeless men and women died because of the weather in 2008, according to Kathryn Preston, the executive director of the Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness.

Numbers for 2009 have yet to be tallied, but the record low temperatures that descended on the South do not bode well for the count.

Richmond County Coroner Grover Tuten said the changing weather often brings a spike in the number of homeless deaths.

Tuten said he can't recall any homeless deaths because of the weather this winter, and his office does not keep records on them. But there have been six unclaimed bodies since January, often -- but not always -- an indication of homelessness.

Officials from local shelters said they extended their hours and capacity during winter -- the fifth-coldest in Augusta history -- so no one would be left out in the cold. Still, many had no choice. Shelters filled up quickly when the mercury dipped, as happened often.