Saturday, September 25, 2010

Mark Hertsgaard names Generation Hot: Living through the next fifty years on earth « Climate Progress
In fact, every child on earth born after June 23, 1988 belongs to what I call Generation Hot. This generation includes some two billion young people, all of whom have grown up under global warming and are fated to spend the rest of their lives confronting its mounting impacts.
Summer snow: Pre-fall taste of winter makes gardens, farms, tourism shudder | greatfallstribune.com | Great Falls Tribune
[Sept 18, 2010] Farmers aren't the only one wishing for a few warm days before season's end. Tourism-oriented businesses around Glacier National Park also are seeing a slow-down in traffic because of the early snow.

Ron Ivey, a store clerk at Thronson's General Store & Motel in Babb, said that Friday was the first day of the month that they didn't have any bookings yet.
New Statesman - The NS Interview: Bjørn Lomborg
[Q] What's not working?
The UN summits are PR vehicles for politicians so they can all get together and look like they're doing something.

[Q] What's your view of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?
I would say 90 per cent of what the panel tells us is right, which is pretty good for a very complex subject. But the UN-led policy solutions are incredibly poor.
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[Q] Do you have religious faith of any kind?
I tentatively believe in a God. I was brought up in a fairly religious home. I think the world is compatible with reincarnation, karma, all that stuff. But fundamentally, you have to do good in this life towards your fellow man, so I guess I'm a humanist with the potential of [believing in] a God.
More on Johnson's Milwaukee appearance - JSOnline
* He said he was opposed to cap and trade bills, saying they would impose huge penalties based on unproven science. He said that would be a trillion dollar tax that could be used for jobs.

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