Gulf Residents Make Passionate Case in Maine for Climate Change [Hoax] Legislation

Several Gulf residents were in Maine today to passionately advocate for climate change legislation that they say could have prevented a disaster that's devastating their livelihoods and coastlines.
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Costello and three other residents were brought to Portland by the [Al Gore's] environmental group Repower America, which sees Maine's two moderate Republican senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, as key votes on climate change.

Indian Ocean sea level rise threatens millions | Environment | STV News

...they also found that sea levels are falling in other areas. The study indicated that the Seychelles Islands and Zanzibar off Tanzania's coast show the largest sea-level drop.

Klobuchar bill: trojan horse for bad biofuels | Nathanael Greene's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

It should come as no surprise that the first copy of the full text of Sen Klobuchar's energy bill was found on a corn ethanol industry association website; the bill reads like the industry's wish list. Klobuchar says she's trying to broaden the base of support for an energy bill and increase our reliance on renewable energy. These are good goals, but giveaways to old corn ethanol will counter act and undermine much of the benefits that the Senator claims to be seeking.

Today's corn ethanol is mature and mainstream and, unfortunately, generally causes more global warming pollution than gasoline. Klobuchar's bill would lavish over $30 billion on the ethanol and oil industries, it would pull the rug out from under entreprenours trying to develop cleaner, advanced biofuels, and it would threaten forests across our country where families have hiked and hunted for generations.

The ranks are splitting, tossing incantations as they go « JoNova

Of course, in order to attack any part of the great facade, it’s important to recite the incantation against bullies. Phrases about how the science is still settled (even though the scientists themselves might cheat) are like a pass-code that allow commentators to say something pointed against the tribal witchdoctors without getting too many nasty spells cast on them by the disciples. By using the incantation they mollify the bullies would would hurl abuse.