Monday, February 20, 2012

Santorum says Obama backs radical environmental agenda that’s political, not scientific - The Washington Post

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Rick Santorum says President Barack Obama is pushing a radical environmental agenda that unwisely limits energy production and turns its back on science.

Santorum told voters in eastern Ohio on Monday that science is on the side of those who want to aggressively produce more oil and natural gas in America. He said the notion of global warming is not climate science but “political science.”

Q&A: What Can Indigenous People Tell Us About Climate Change? - ScienceNOW

Q: How long have Arctic communities perceived climate change as a threat?

I.K.: First, it hasn’t been perceived as a threat. That’s very much today’s Western perspective. People are concerned with what is happening, but I haven’t heard them speaking about their environment as being “under threat.” [They describe it as] “a friend acting strangely.” It’s a friend that behaves a little bit weird, but doesn’t cease to be a friend because it’s your home.

No Handouts For Green Lobby: GIB Will Play It Safe

Hopes that the £3 billion Green Investment Bank will encourage development of early stage renewable technologies have been dashed by the man picked to oversee it.

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