Wednesday, September 05, 2012

A pale green tinge for U.S. presidential campaign | Reuters
Despite withering temperatures and a widespread drought, the race for the White House barely has a tinge of green.

"While this year's wild weather has caused alarm, it has so far not raised environmental issues on the public agenda," said Karlyn Bowman, who tracks public opinion at the pro-business American Enterprise Institute. "There's no evidence that it will be a big issue nationally."

...Obama is pushing to drill the Arctic Ocean, where climate change is having a disproportionately severe impact," Peter Van Tuyn, an Alaska-based environmental attorney, said. "This is a risky project that flies in the face of science and common sense."
Climate Depot's Morano on Romney: 'After several shifts in his position on man-made global warming, Romney now appears to be straddling a middle position designed to satisfy all sides of debate' | Climate Depot
Politico features Climate Depot's Morano: 'Skeptics will applaud him for recognizing that the alleged 'consensus' is a fiction. Romney has come a long way since his climate views in his book where he accepted the alleged 'consensus' and got praised by former VP Al Gore'
[according to chronic liars] global climate talks [allegedly] make headway
The UNFCCC said in a statement that the talks had made "concrete progress on key issues". "We have a fertile ground for a successful Doha," UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres told reporters. "There are still some tough political decisions ahead, but we now have a positive momentum and a greater sense of convergence that will stimulate higher-level political discussions ahead of Doha and set a faster pace of work once this year's conference begins," she added in the statement.
..."What I think more and more people see is that climate change is happening. We will have to do something about it," said EU chief negotiator Artur Runge-Metzger. "The sense of urgency is creeping into the negotiations."
...Greenpeace's Tove Maria Ryding described the climate talks as "small steps for governments, but major steps backward for humanity".
Twitter / enviroblack: Obama to 'tone down' climate ...

Obama to 'tone down' climate change discourse, apparently - so that'll be minus one on the dial then
















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