Over the past year and just in 2011 alone, the world has experienced a multitude of environmental disasters. From major volcanic eruptions to powerful earthquakes, floods and tornadoes, the weather seems to be getting more extreme.
Over the past year and just in 2011 alone, the world has experienced a multitude of environmental disasters. From major volcanic eruptions to powerful earthquakes, floods and tornadoes, the weather seems to be getting more extreme.
The Washington Post – May 25, 2011
Approximately 1,000 tornadoes. Nearly 500 dead. The numbers are staggering as the 2011 tornado season rages at a record pace. From the the EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., killing at least 122 people to become the deadliest tornado in the U.S. since 1950, to the pair of explosive and deadly April tornado outbreaks, and now also yesterday’s Plains outbreak moving east today, this year’s barrage of violent twisters has people asking questions about everything from the impact of climate change on tornadoes, to the accuracy and effectiveness of short-term severe weather warnings. Read the rest of this entry »
Denver Daily News – January 18, 2011
As polls indicate that public interest in climate change and related environmental issues is waning, local environmental and consumer groups say they will stay on message to keep the issues on the public’s mind.
A poll by the Pew Research Center states that the public’s priorities for 2010 did not include global warming. In fact, global warming ranked last as a priority, with just 28 percent of the public considering it a top priority, according to the 2010 poll.
The Washington Post – December 7, 2010
As climate scientists gathered in Cancun, Mexico, the past few weeks for yet another United Nations-sponsored global warming “summit,” some were openly calling for the West to commit economic suicide.Professor Kevin Anderson, director of the Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research, for example, claimed that the only way to curb greenhouse gas emissions enough to save the Earth from cataclysmic climate change – without punishing developing countries – is to halt, yes halt, economic growth in the developed world over the next two decades. To achieve this, he recommends rationing on a level not seen since World War II and the Great Depression.
The Telegraph – November, 30, 2010
Global warming is now such a serious threat to mankind that climate change experts are calling for Second World War-style rationing in rich countries to bring down carbon emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
CNN- November 15, 2010
At this time last year, you might not have known what a spillcam or a vuvuzela was. But you probably do now.
The two phrases are among the Top Words of 2010, according to the Global Language Monitor, which analyzes trends in word usage with an emphasis on global English.
“Our top words this year come from an environmental disaster, the World Cup, political malapropisms, new senses to ancient words, a booming economic colossus and a heroic rescue that captivated the world for days on end,” said Paul JJ Payack, president of The Global Language Monitor. “This is fitting for a relentlessly growing global language that is being taken up by thousands of new speakers each and every day.”
The Washington Post – November 12, 2010
Just how radical is the Republican House going to be? Part of that depends on the chamber’s new committee chairmen. I’m already worried about what Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) might do as the House’s chief inquisitor, particularly when it comes to his promise to “investigate”
climate science. Now Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) is campaigning to chair the House Energy and Commerce Committeenext year. He’s been on the committee since 1997, and he says he’s “uniquely qualified” for the job. For example, the Toronto Star reports, Shimkus claimed in 2009 that we don’t have to worry about global warming because God promised not to destroy the Earth. No — really.
The Associated Press – November 8, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading House Republican climate skeptic on Monday called for his party to preserve a global warming committee created by Democrats so Republicans can use it to rein in the Obama administration on the issue.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., said that the economic threat posed by Environmental Protection Agency regulations deserves special attention in the next Congress.
Fox News.com – Novermber 8, 2010
Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner says he wants Republicans to rebrand but keep the global warming committee devised by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and maligned by many conservatives.
Writing an op-ed that appeared in Monday’s Roll Call newspaper, Sensenbrenner, who’s ranking Republican on the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, said he’s not suggesting it as an homage to Pelosi’s foresight.
Prison Planet.com
Thursday, November 4, 2010
One of the first tasks of the new Republican-controlled House of Congress will be to launch a full investigation into the man-made global warming fraud, as the climate change con that threatens to tax and regulate the American middle class out of existence is exposed to what could prove terminal scrutiny.