Letters to the editor Jul 3, 2009
More jobs in a bad economy, and combatting global warming at the same time. Who could be against that. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Jul 3, 2009
But the greatest impact has come through global warming, with successive editions of the atlas showing shrinking ice fields and evaporating lakes. It reveals the rapid retreat of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, once the world's fourth largest lake and now the tenth. (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
Air France Jet Not Destroyed In Air Jul 3, 2009
Unless, there's something to global warming we haven't been told. by SusanStoHelit July 2, 2009 9:55 AM PDT. (CBS News)
Jobless Rate at 9.5 Percent; 26-Year High Jul 3, 2009
Obumbler IS taking care of his own -- the people that got him elected like the unions, the global warming alarmists, the Wall Street fatcats, etc. by whitemale08 July 2, 2009 7:00 AM PDT. (CBS News)
A question of height Jul 3, 2009
A form of countryside management that creates cooler microclimatic conditions, for example through taller grass in today's meadows, should mitigate the effects of global warming in the short and medium term, say the researchers, writing in the current issue of Science. This is, however, not a long-term solution just a stop-gap for the next few decades. (EurekAlert!)
President still upbeat despite new jobs hit Jul 3, 2009
The House last week narrowly approved the first energy legislation designed to curb global warming following furious lobbying by White House advisers and personal pressure by the president himself. "So these companies are vivid examples of the kind of future we can create," the president said Thursday in the Rose Garden, flanked by energy industry leaders. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Congress's Travel Tab Swells... Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold...From Italy to the Galpagos... Jul 3, 2009
Mr. Baird, a member of the House Science Committee, said the trip was to learn about global warming. On the first day, lawmakers toured a breeding center for giant tortoise and land iguanas before dining with scientists, according to an itinerary for the trip. (The Drudge Report)
Scientists to breed 'super-tuna'... Jul 3, 2009
And yes, "global warming" is liberal BS. Now let's have some sushi ... So much crying over global warming while everyone ignores that our seas are being raped of fish and corals and grasses where fish are born and bred killed off by fertilizers from Big Sugar (among others) ... Maybe you're just too ignorant to realize that the man-made global warming/climate change hoax has been exposed. (The Drudge Report)
Cantwell discusses health care, economy with local business leaders Jul 3, 2009
an observer wrote on Jul 1, 2009 11:46 PM:" For those of you that voted for the fool in the White House and his friends; you are getting exactly what you wanted. Want health care, pay through the nose, want choice,pay, believe in global warming pay, want change pay(Socialism). Cantwell and others don't have a clue, the Prez, was on the tube tonight telling the world the "stimulus" was working, no teachers, civil servants have lost thier job. Unemployment is going down.(That's what Berry said)... (Longview Daily News, WA)
My Nobel Prize for Economics Jul 3, 2009
California - the state which is held in such high regard by the Obama Administration that they just shoved through a global warming bill which is largely based on California standards - is more than in fiscal distress. It is bankrupt. (Townhall.com)
Watching the defense contractors Jul 3, 2009
That the vote was so close is a reminder of how much opposition to doing anything about global warming there is in the Congress, and when it gets down to it, the public at large, despite all the polls showing people for doing something in the abstract ... While there are Republicans who are lunatics and goofballs following wacko theories and listening to Rush Limbaugh, I suspect the solid majority of those 44 Dems believe that global warming is happening. (Salon)
Today's Cartoons Jul 3, 2009
Slate Magazine - Editorial and Political Cartoons, Comic Strips. 2009 Washington Post. (Slate)
Recession Redux Jul 3, 2009
"Although coal remains the biggest energy source and is almost certain to stay that way, the rise of renewable energy, especially wind power, is helping to slow Chinas steep growth in emissions of global warming gases," the NYT writes. By the NYT's calculation, China may be at least two years ahead (or more) of the U.S. in mandating a switch to renewable energy sources -- two years, that is, if the Senate eventually approves a climate change bill similar to the one that eeked through the... (Slate)
Area Graduates Get Message Jul 3, 2009
Marie, who served the last two years as the school's student representative to the Brookfield Board of Education, urged the graduates to thank their parents for being with them "every step of the way." Bridget Hegarty, the valedictorian at BHS, told the assembled audience at the William O'Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury, that during their time in high school the country had gone through challenges, such as Hurricane Katrina, and faces the obstacles of... (Brookfield Journal, CT)
ASU seeks to be green-energy powerhouse Jul 3, 2009
The interest level in alternative energy is higher today than in the late 1970s because, in addition to the oil-supply problems of that day, the world also is focused on global warming and greenhouse gases, he said. "It has become a major international issue that people care about, so students are attracted to it because it is basically the issue of solving a major world problem," Goodnick said. (AZCentral -- Business)
Viewpoint: They’ll make rules forever Jul 3, 2009
And it adds: The bill also gives the state Environmental Quality Commission the authority to go through a rigorous rulemaking process to adopt several other measures to reduce global warming pollution from transportation. That is the key: A rigorous and likely long process of writing regulations. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Letter: Think about global warming Jul 3, 2009
As Congress sets its sights on comprehensive legislation to address global warming, it s clear the debate is focused entirely on political feasibility and not sound climate science ... It aims for a greenhouse gas emission reduction target 20 times lower than the minimum requirement that would give us, at best, a 50/50 chance of avoiding catastrophic global warming ... Waxman-Markey goes so far as to strip away the existing power of the EPA to regulate global warming pollution under the Clean... (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
New form of El Nio may increase storms in the Atlantic Jul 3, 2009
It may be responding to some [climate] oscillation, or it may be in response to global warming, Webster said. Regardless of the cause, improved understanding of El Nio and its cold-water counterpart, La Nia, could help atmospheric scientists forecast weather more accurately, including the number of Atlantic hurricanes. (Boston Globe)
Readers Write: Sunday Jul 3, 2009
As your ultraliberal opinion columnist Jay Bookman is stirring up the hysteria over the notion of man-made global warming ( Familiar Georgia may melt away, Opinion, June 23), I have two questions to ask this sage. Did he also buy into the liberal hysteria of the mid-1970s, when the bearded beatniks of that era were warning us of the upcoming man-made, extreme climatic global cooling. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Cool down with a fan and iced tea Jul 3, 2009
This Manmade Global Warming/Climate Change House Of Cards is tumbling down ... Looking past the Senate this Fall we have the December Copenhagen UN meeting on a new Global Warming Treaty. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The time is now Jul 3, 2009
While others make plans for overpopulation, global warming mitigation and sustainable development, in Bangladesh, it is time for action. And the leadership is coming from within. (BBC News -- Science)
OK, I admit it: I love this weather! Jul 3, 2009
Even global warming seems like a specter at this moment. Sure, folks who depend on good weather are having a rough stretch. (Boston Globe)
Video game to help flood planners Jul 3, 2009
With global warming one of the world's biggest threats, Foresight's project was designed to inform government policy about how to protect valuable coastlines effectively, as well as devise better long-term flood defences. You lose if the public dislike you. (Yahoo News -- Game Consoles)
Federal spark for power project Jul 3, 2009
Emissions from those plants produce carbon dioxide, identified by an international scientific consensus as the cause of global warming. There will be no CO2 emissions from the flywheel plant, which should prevent the release of up to 12,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year by reducing the need for traditional power plants. (Albany Times Union)
Longing for warm summer Jul 3, 2009
globalcrap wrote on Jun 21, 2009 11:10 PM:" we should make up something like global cooling and we can tax people for that since someone all ready made up global warming you would think i would not need my heater at all with CRAZY AL GORE warming everthing up oh thats right its call climate change because its to cold for the warming theory what a joke my gas bills are going uo not down ". SEARCH ARTICLE ARCHIVES. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Viewpoint: They’ll make rules forever Jul 3, 2009
And it adds: The bill also gives the state Environmental Quality Commission the authority to go through a rigorous rulemaking process to adopt several other measures to reduce global warming pollution from transportation. That is the key: A rigorous and likely long process of writing regulations. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Climate bill energizes Missouri delegates' views Jul 3, 2009
Its been estimated this bill will raise electric rate from 25 to 30 percent and there is not even conclusive evidence that global warming is real or if its a regular cycle. Used to think that Ike Skelton was a good Representative for Mid-Missouri but since the axis of evil has taken over he just another one of their minions that blindly votes for what ever they want. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Read 'The Factor' Transcript Jul 3, 2009
Is Media Helping Advance Obama's Energy Agenda by Spreading Global Warming Propaganda ... Is Media Helping Advance Obama's Energy Agenda by Spreading Global Warming Propaganda ... JUAN WILLIAMS, GUEST HOST: In the "Impact" segment tonight: Is the liberal media helping Barack Obama advance his energy agenda by spreading global warming propaganda. (Fox News)
Our views: Reinforcements arrive Jul 3, 2009
Things are heating up in Congress, where debate is under way about a national health care plan and combating global warming by getting more power from alternative energy. That has drowned out some important progress on issues that will help the thousands of Iraq-Afghanistan veterans who are returning home and facing a tough readjustment. (Florida Today)
Robert M. EngstromI’ve been in Washington, D.C. for three months and had almost gotten used to not having a weapon handy...Treason and Patriotism Jul 3, 2009
Never mind that an increasing body of evidence calls into question the science of global warming. Conservatives sinned against what has become liberal orthodoxy, so they deserved the harshest response possible. (Human Events Online)
Small Heat-Shielded Habitats Could Help Threatened Species Survive Climate Change Jul 3, 2009
A form of countryside management that creates cooler microclimatic conditions, for example through taller grass in today's meadows, should mitigate the effects of global warming in the short and medium term, say the researchers, writing in the current issue of Science ... (June 25, 2008) The hardiest plants and those most likely to survive the climatic shifts brought about by global warming are now easier to identify ... 15, 2006) Global warming has already caused extinctions in the most... (Science Daily)
Moral relativity is causing a shift in society Jul 2, 2009
Roger1 wrote on Jul 1, 2009 3:04 PM:" Z - I fully understand that many scientists are not logical or honest; those who support the notion of human-caused global warming being a case in point. I've been astounded at times at the ideas or behavior of some scientists. But scientific principles should still apply. With all the religions in the world, why should one religion be the right one? I don't discount the existence of "god", but I dislike organized religion, because it's nonsense in my... (Missoulian, MT)
Huge statue to be jailed in anti-Bush rally Jul 2, 2009
Sweet is expecting bigger turnouts this time because of public dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq and controversies over the administration's handling of terrorism suspects and its response to global warming. The group has focused recruiting in part on younger audiences. (Yahoo News -- Anti-War Movement)
Heads Up: Climate change bill passes U.S. House (36) Jul 2, 2009
There has been considerable discussion in the United States and throughout the world over the concern of global warming and how to address it for the future. Global warming is generally the result of excess build-up of the greenhouse gases, which are usually linked to excessive emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere ... The bottom line is that the concern over global warming and greenhouses gases, and the attention to carbon credits and other solutions, is here, with the... (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
UN Chief, Japanese PM talk on Pyongyang issue Jul 2, 2009
During their meeting, Aso briefed to Ban Japan's target of reducing global warming gases by 15 percent by 2020 compared with the 2005 level. Ban commended Tokyo's efforts. (Xinhuanet, China)
Sea Level Rise: Its worse than we thought, Anil Ananthaswamy, New Scientist Jul 2, 2009
Scientists like him are more than a little astonished at the rate at which our planet's frozen frontiers seem to be responding to global warming ... Probably an oil company sponsored web site or Chinese propaganda (they don't like all the Global Warming talk either) ... Hey what anti-global warming Chinese propaganda have you seen. (Harper's Magazine)
Strawberry season stalls Jul 2, 2009
Oscar Gomez wrote on Jul 1, 2009 9:24 PM:" To put an end to 'humans cause global warming' once & for all.How did the glaciers melt 10's of thousands of years ago? Was it due to car pollution?Or, maybe, just maybe it's a natural cycle. " ... anon wrote on Jul 1, 2009 4:35 PM:" Global warming isn't the same thing as turning up the thermostat on your furnace. All weather patterns (heating and cooling) are influenced by global warming, and that is backed by scientific evidence, not opinion. Where's... (Sioux City Journal)
Rehberg says climate bill ‘destructive'; Baucus, Tester haven't stated stance Jul 2, 2009
Robin wrote on Jun 30, 2009 8:57 AM:" For every GREEN job they create we will be losing 100 or more. What they heck is a green job anyways??? What are they going to be?? They sure won't be producing anything anymore. We already hardly produce anything anymore in the U.S. WE get $8 off of our taxes(big whoop)and then get charge 60% more on our energy bills. Change is coming folks and I for one didn't vote for it!! It is getting to make make me crazy with all this green crap. Green toliet paper... (Missoulian, MT)
Rising Acidity Levels Could Trigger Shellfish Revenue Declines, Job Losses Jul 2, 2009
With the annual, steady increase of global warming and carbon discharge, atmospheric chemists are gathering air samples on behalf of the National. . (Science Daily)
Plants Save The Earth From An Icy Doom Jul 2, 2009
(July 27, 2007) Scientists have just released new findings that could have major implications for food production and global warming in the 21st century. Researchers have found that projections of increasing ozone. (Science Daily)
Mid-Pliocene Asian Monsoon Intensification And The Onset Of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation Jul 2, 2009
22, 2005) The impact of global warming on European weather patterns has been underestimated, according to a new report published in Nature this week. The Northern Hemisphere Circulation study found that. (Science Daily)
How Franken won Jul 2, 2009
Designed to combat global warming (well, climate change as they now call it to give themselves a measure credibility since global temperatures have actually dropped over the last decade), cap and trade will do little to help our planet. these promises should be printed on milk cartons. (Harper's Magazine)
Senator confident Spring Hill plant will continue Jul 2, 2009
Alexander said Congress has ignored nuclear power as the solution to the energy crisis and global warming, although it is the nation s most economical and carbon-free source of electricity. He added that France gets 80 percent of its energy from nuclear power and has among the lowest carbon emission rates and electricity prices in the European Union. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Meghan McCain Jul 2, 2009
He, too, embraced trendy liberal causes like global warming and campaign finance reform. As their go-to moderate Republican, the New York Times and Newsweek shamelessly used him to attack other members of his party. (Townhall.com)
The Death of Dialogue? Jul 2, 2009
We should be suspicious when Al Gore tells us that the debate about global warming is closed. We should be suspicious when President Obama declared on the eve of the stimulus package vote, "The time for talk is over.". (Townhall.com)
ASU seeks to be green-energy powerhouse Jul 2, 2009
The interest level in alternative energy is higher today than in the late 1970s because, in addition to the oil-supply problems of that day, the world also is focused on global warming and greenhouse gases, he said. "It has become a major international issue that people care about, so students are attracted to it because it is basically the issue of solving a major world problem," Goodnick said. (AZCentral -- Business)
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs Jul 2, 2009
There's no sign of the global warming that set the scene for Ice Age 2: The Meltdown but it is evident in the emotional climate. The film's hero, Manny, the woolly mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), has thawed out. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Serving California and the other America Jul 2, 2009
Anyone who makes up $hit like global warming, all while driving 20 SUVs, flying 747s around the world, and lives in a 20 room mansion is the biggest liar I ve ever seen. Then again, liberals are a bunch of pansy, lying pieces of dung anyway. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Longing for warm summer Jul 2, 2009
globalcrap wrote on Jun 21, 2009 11:10 PM:" we should make up something like global cooling and we can tax people for that since someone all ready made up global warming you would think i would not need my heater at all with CRAZY AL GORE warming everthing up oh thats right its call climate change because its to cold for the warming theory what a joke my gas bills are going uo not down ". SEARCH ARTICLE ARCHIVES. (Lompoc Record, CA)
The One Thing Jul 2, 2009
Global warming exposed: Businesses, politicians profiting from green movement. ONLY ON FOX. (Fox News)
LETTERS: NCT, July 2, 2009 Jul 2, 2009
"Alas, this is true, we all hate getting a ticket or being cited for something illegal that we have done, and are not happy with the officer who is just doing his job ... We know, too, that the police often face dangerous situations for us, so it a sad day for all of us when officers screw up.Specifically, the screwup was when a deputy sheriff entered the house of Shari Barman without her permission and without a warrant issued by a judge .The only exceptions to this rule do not include a noisy... (North County Times)
Eddie and the Sham-Wow Jul 2, 2009
Joe wrote on Jun 25, 2009 10:10 AM:" Bill, you've gone off the hypocrisy chart with this one. Your ilk are the ones who still don't hold W. accountable for September 11, putting all the blame on his predecessor, the same people who call Obama arrongant when W. was the greatest mix of ignorance and arrogance to ever disgrace the Oval Office. Remember "I'm the decider"?Recall Bush taking office with about a $5 trillion surplus projection that he transformed into $5 trillion more in debt -- a nice... (Cameron Observer, MO)
Calif. Democrat Henry Waxman Hospitalized Jul 2, 2009
WASHINGTON A powerful House committee chairman with a central role in President Barack Obama's global warming and healthcare legislation has been hospitalized. Rep. (Newsmax)
More Documents Delivered on Sotomayor; GOP Still Not Satisfied Jul 2, 2009
" Republicans have in recent days increased their calls for more information and time to review it on Sotomayor s involvement with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund. Democrats have pushed back, making the case that Sotomayor is more than qualified for the court and deserves confirmation. Her hearings are set to begin July 13. Tuesday s document dump will almost certainly add to the partisan sniping between Republicans and Democrats over the nomination. The PRLDEF on Tuesday... (Roll Call)
GOP Loses Jewish Representation in Senate Jul 2, 2009
Fear mongering propaganda like human caused global warming. Just checking. (CBS News -- Politics)
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: Play hardball on carbon costs Jul 2, 2009
President Barack Obama pushed urgently Thursday for passage of legislation to confront global warming, billing it as a job-creating machine rather than the costly "job killer" Republicans denounced ... The climate bill passed Friday by the House tackles global warming with new limits on pollution and a market-based approach to encourage more environmentally friendly business practices. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Believe this! Jul 2, 2009
Rawhide wrote on Jun 8, 2009 11:57 PM:" Why are liberals so concerned that conservatives be ignored and that following "moderates" are the only way the Republican party can survive? Last I checked, a moderate ran last Novemeber and got whipped. The left is terrified of Sarah Palin because she is a real person. Why else would they have 50 PI's going through her trash last October? Conservatives do not accept your liberal premise anymore than liberals accept the reality that man has nothing to do... (Winona Daily News, MN)
World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Jul 2, 2009
But the greatest impact has come through global warming, with successive editions of the atlas showing shrinking ice fields and evaporating lakes. It reveals the rapid retreat of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, once the world's fourth largest lake and now the tenth. (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
Best: Enjoyed green group column but Jul 2, 2009
What they would like you to do is visit their Web site and weigh in with what you think about global warming, the hugest environmental problem we have today, and about Belmont's Climate Action Plan which they have developed ... The organizations the writer mentioned are also concerned about global warming ... org) is an organization that concentrates on this as well as public education about global warming. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
The Nanosphere -- Large egos often lead us astray, or into politics Jul 2, 2009
-vis global warming, just in case large groups of people would like to know them. (Or I barely passed psychology, maybe people would like to know my thoughts on the ego. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Newsweek: Meet Japan's Paul Krugman Jul 2, 2009
Americans do not like being called ''traitors'' by the smartassed likes of a Krugman,who desires to ensure that no-one enjoys any ''barbeques'', even ''mushroom'' due to the contribution of the BBQ to ''global warming. Reply. (MSNBC -- Business)
Cat survives snare; owner wants answers Jul 2, 2009
jp to pegboard wrote on Jun 30, 2009 8:19 AM:" nice white trash argument! but, i am an original american, so, i guess you weren't referring to me. You see, our people lived in harmony with nature for thousands of years, until the white man came here and "civilized" us. we had no problems with global warming, poisoning the earth with toxins, and defoliage. And poisoning our people with alcohol to bring their guard down so you could steal their land, "in the name of God" Gee , thanks for showing... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Viewpoint: Energy and water lets get it right Jul 2, 2009
Like his articles on energy, this one is linked to global warming, and I agree with him that global warming will have an impact on future water availability and quality, but just how much of an impact will it have ... Mr. Cohen says that increasing global warming is expected to reduce future water availability in newly forming desert areas ... These various models all predict shifting wet and dry areas, pushing some countries above or below the water shortage threshold, but the total changes are... (Danvers Herald, MA)
Video game to help flood planners Jul 2, 2009
With global warming one of the world's biggest threats, Foresight's project was designed to inform government policy about how to protect valuable coastlines effectively, as well as devise better long-term flood defences. You lose if the public dislike you. (Yahoo News -- Game Consoles)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Frozen Stereotypes Jul 2, 2009
Ice Age' Review: Franchise Turns to Frozen Stereotypes - TIME. " Nonetheless, they all go after him. Despite the fact that a paleontologist would have fits over the various licenses co-directors Carlos Saldanha and Mike Thurmeier take with the dinosaur world ("I thought these guys were extinct," Ellie says, echoing our confusion), the movie does improve once it gets into the lush underground. That's largely because of the introduction of a moderately entertaining character named Buck (Simon... (Time.com)
