Monday, April 13, 2009

This Can’t Possibly End Well | Coyote Blog
Forget for a moment the real scientific questions about the future magnitude of anthropogenic global warming. Just imagine the abuse of this new proposed statute, given that incredibly difficult nature of causality in a complex, chaotic system like climate:
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Remember that it was just weeks ago that the President of the United States blamed flooding in North Dakota on global warming. If flood damage that resulted from a colder-than-average winter and near record snowfall can be blamed on anthropogenic global warming, then anything can.
Latin American Herald Tribune - Castro: Climate Change Is More Serious Than Financial Crisis
HAVANA – Former Cuban President Fidel Castro says that climate change is more serious than the international economic crisis that is the main subject of Thursday’s G-20 summit in London.

“The financial crisis is not the only problem. There’s another worse one, because it has to do not with the means of production and distribution but with our very existence. I’m referring to climate change. Both are here and will be discussed simultaneously,” Castro said in the latest of his commentaries on current events.
Earthzine » Blog Archive » What’s so Funny about Global Warming?
Drowning polar bears, ongoing drought, and species extinction do not seem like remotely funny topics. Environmental cartoonists, however, are not only finding the humor, but educating the public and advocating for change.

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