Friday, April 09, 2010

Actress Joanna Lumley speaks out on climate change scientists' errors – Telegraph Blogs
She was, as you can imagine, troubled about recent stories highlighting inaccuracies in certain claims made by some climate change scientists – but they evidently haven’t shaken her convictions that man is “a bit of a plague” on the planet. Here are her thoughts.
Climate change: Key influencers in the debate - Telegraph
Climate change remains the most divisive issue of our age. As countries prepare to meet for the latest round of international talks to stop global warming, who are the key people influencing the debate?
Gore urges action by all on climate - Politics - NewsObserver.com
"Not only is this a political issue, not only is this a market issue, not only is this a national security issue, a jobs issue; it is a moral issue," [Gore] said.

Some student groups registered to protest Gore's appearance at Duke, and one conservative group announced a protest. Few protesters were evident, however, outside Page Auditorium where he spoke. Tim Lucas, a marketing manager in the Duke communications office, said the number registered was comparable to protests usually staged for prominent guests.
An Inconvenient Truth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After winning the 2007 Academy Award for Documentary Feature, the Oscar was awarded to director Guggenheim, who asked Gore to join him and other members of the crew on stage. Gore then gave a brief speech, saying:
My fellow Americans, people all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis. It's not a political issue; it's a moral issue.

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