Tony Dean suggests that human CO2 emissions delay mallard migration by THREE MONTHS

Convention Diary

...Tony Dean of Sportsmen for Obama, is riveting...He talks about the reliance of small rural Dakota towns on the tourist dollars from hunters and fishermen and winds up with global warming: "It's real." Mallards that used to appear in vast numbers in South Dakota by October 1, the day the hunting season starts, now stay in Canada till January.

Dean may be salivating at the prospect of cap-and-trade money heading his way:

The sportsmen's letter calls for members of Congress to support:

- A federal cap-and-trade legislation that would cap carbon emissions and trade carbon credits.

- Cuts in carbon emissions of 2 percent annually, putting America on a path for a cut of 80 percent by 2050, the amount scientists say is necessary to avoid the worst effects of global warming.

- Dedicated funding to conserve and restore America's natural resources already impacted by global warming.
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Dean dismissed people or groups that deny global warming's existence.

"It's increasingly difficult to find people who are saying global warming is not coming. The science is real, and it's becoming more clear," he said.