Climate change means industries are gearing up for Arctic oil rush | The Raw Story

After hearing predictions that 30% of species could be extinct and a fifth of Bangladesh underwater before 2100, he urges the removal of “all subsidies on fossil fuels” and a much stronger commitment to renewable power in measures to build a sustainable future.

...Giske sees no contradiction between Norway’s physical search for hydrocarbons and the hunt for low carbon solutions at Ny-Alesund. “We are all going to be dependent on fossil fuels for a long period and natural gas is the bridge into a low carbon world,” he says. “If the EU replaced all its coal-fired power stations with natural gas it would easily meet its 20/20 (20% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020) goal.”...The Norwegian government contributed to the cost of flying Terry Macalister to Svalbard

‘Colbert Report’: North Carolina’s Scientific Revisionism - Truthdig

Stephen Colbert’s “The Word” segment Monday “praised” North Carolina’s GOP lawmakers for a bill that would change scientific predictions of sea level increases from a disastrous 39 inches to just 8 inches. He lauded the legislators for their ingenious solution to climate change, which would ban climate models that forecast an accelerating rise in sea levels.

Satire aside, it’s good to see Colbert turning his potent criticism to climate change once again. His unique brand of punditry cuts to the heart of the dangerous scientific revisionism and willful ignorance that characterizes the anti-environment movement. But we’ll let Colbert tell you himself. —CN

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