Monday, August 19, 2013

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Obama coal rules wrecking Western Pennsylvania towns, lives, futures | JunkScience.com
In two Western Pennsylvania river towns where people once might have worried about air pollution, concern for workers losing their livelihoods could trump concern for human health and the environment if FirstEnergy Corp. turns off the lights at coal-fired power plants in October.
C3: Lies 'Я' Us: Obama's Energy Secretary Mimics The Boss, Spreading Climate/Weather Falsehoods
Ernest Moniz can't be this stupid or ignorant:

"The challenges we face are serious. We are already beginning to feel the effects of climate change – floods, heat waves and droughts are becoming more severe, driving up food and energy prices. And rising temperatures and more intense storms pose a serious threat to our infrastructure throughout the country."
Climate experts “surer than ever”: It’s our fault - Salon.com
To put that in context, experts were only willing to commit to a 90 percent likelihood when the last report was released, in 2007. In 2001, they were only 66 percent ready to blame human activity. In 1995, when the IPCC issued its first report, expert opinion was almost equally divided.
Climate Deniers In Their Third Decade Of Destroying The Planet | Real Science
The January-July RSS temperature in 2013 was only 0.08C warmer than the same period in 1991. According to CSIRO, it should have been 0.6C warmer. They exaggerated their warming forecasts by almost an order of magnitude.

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