Saturday, December 07, 2013

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Chronicle Probably Won't Ban Climate Change Deniers, Despite Petition
It will not, however, issue a fatwa against those climate change skeptics.

This marginal but pernicious group has become a White Whale for Berkeley author Steve Olson, who has launched an aggressive campaign to persuade mainstream newspapers to stop "reporting both sides." His new online petition, which garnered more than 1,700 signatures in about two weeks, urges the Chronicle to stop validating these "misguided conspiracy theorists" by allowing them to traipse through its letters section.
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And according to Chron editorial page editor John Diaz, San Francisco's hometown paper is unlikely to follow suit.
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"I don't think you can in any way suggest we're giving aid and comfort to the deniers," Diaz says.
UK Parliament Votes To Keep Old Coal Alive | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)
MPs have voted to reject an amendment to the Energy Bill introduced by the Lords to limit emissions from old coal-fired power stations.
Poland Proposes Delay Of EU 2030 Climate Package | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)
Former COP19 president Marcin Korolec says that EU should wait till 2015 to decide on climate package to align with UN

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