Obama Asks: ‘Are These Folks Serious?’
Obama Asks: ‘Are These Folks Serious?’
In a speech at the Department of Energy today, President Obama announced he was signing a memorandum to direct the department to issue new energy efficiency standards for common household appliances — something Secretary Steven Chu has highlighted in the past as a top priority. He also responded to critics who “ridiculed our notion that we should use part of the money to modernize the entire fleet of federal vehicles,” asking, “Are these folks serious?”
This is what they call “pork.” You know the truth. . . . So when you hear these attacks deriding something of such obvious importance as this, you have to ask yourself, “Are these folks serious?” Is there any wonder we haven’t had a real energy policy in this country?
Watch it:
Neo-Hooverite conservatives have attacked numerous efficiency initiatives in the recovery plan:
– $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees
– $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations
– $5.5 million for “energy efficiency initiatives” at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration
– $6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings
As President Obama explained, federal fleet modernization “will not only save the federal government significant money over time, it will not only create manufacturing jobs for folks who are making these cars, it will set a standard for private industry to match.” This is as true for the green building efforts and other efficiency initiatives. Speaking to an audience of Department of Energy scientists, he concluded:
For the last few years, I talked about these issues with Americans from one end of this country to another. Washington may not be ready to get serious about energy independence, but I am and so are you and so are the American people.
Inaction is not an option that’s acceptable to me and it’s certainly not acceptable to the American people, not on energy, not on the economy, not at this critical moment.
In Obama’s words, it’s time for Congress “to rise to this moment.”
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Is “neo-Hooverite” fair on Hoover? When he had a big project to run – famine relief after WWI – he ran it with outstanding efficiency. His macroeconomic, regulatory and monetary policies as President were clueless and led straight to the Crash and the Depression. But were his budgets characterised by the contempt for average and poor Americans, and for common sense, shown by the current Republican attacks?
February 5th, 2009 at 6:25 pmHow do people like the new Ford Escape plug-in hybrid?
February 5th, 2009 at 9:09 pmJames,
Your not Prejudiced against Republicans are you? Have you read the Stimulus bill James. I’m sure the Pork pleases you. Enjoy the evential result of this bill when your dollar is worthless and the people in Government are driving around in Hybrids you can’t afford but payed for.
Here’s a shocker for you James, the US Postal service are getting rid of their propane and alternative fuel trucks because of expensive repair costs and low productivity. You should see the repair costs of Hybrid cars on the road. No repair is cheap. Everything on them from the wiring to the propulsion system cost big bucks to repair. Liberals, Geeez. Blame the Republicans and close their eyes to the truth. I bet you blame Bush for the Housing Bubble burst also.
Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama. Walk on water. Not!
February 6th, 2009 at 1:53 pmjps.
Wait until you have to change the batteries in tow to three years or repair a wiring harness that has burned up. Or even change a fuse.
Go buy one. I recommend it for you. One note though, the electricity that is used to recharge those cars comes from Coal Fired Power Plants. Really, it does.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:58 pmYou skeptics would rather save money and burn up the planet than spend a little more to try to make an impact. I don’t think you get it. If we do not drastically change things soon, it just won’t matter anymore.
And by the way, money — isn’t even real. It is a social construct. But the air we breathe, that’s real. The planet, that’s real, too. Who gives a f—k what it costs with our play money? If we have the capability, we just have to do it. Period.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pmWhere were these serious folks when Bush was President? Bush is responsible for the mess we are in. Get real. Look at what he did with the economy. Didn’t he fart on Reaganomics?
February 6th, 2009 at 4:14 pmluvmyhybrid.
It’s nice that you drive a hybrid but if you think you hold the moral high ground because you do (and I think you do)you should consider what a wasteful process that is involved in manufacturing that symbol of yours. Again, another person who thinks that they are going to save the world. Don’t you get it. It’s a hoax perpetrated on you and you bought into it.
Your symbol doesn’t even save energy. It cost ten times the energy and pollution to manufacture that symbol and it won’t save the planet.
There is no such thing as “Man Made Global Warming”. It’s a hoax. Any global warming going on (and the temp of the planet has been falling for the past 10 years) would be caused by the Sun’s Solar activity. All the battery cars in the universe isn’t going to change that.
You go on living in that “I’m Better than you because I care about the planet attitude” if it makes you feel better. Me? I live in the real world.
February 6th, 2009 at 4:25 pmBob. I know you read the Liberal talking points every day and you hate George Bush but your anti Republican Bigotry is showing. It was Barney Frank and Chris Dodd that started this mess not Bush. He presented a bill that passed in the house in 2003 that would have avoided this mess but it was killed in the Senate by the Democrats. Barny Frank said that there was absolutely nothing wrong at Fanny and Freddie.
You don’t know anything about that though, do you? None of your liberal sources will tell you what really caused this problem. It got worse when you Liberals gained power in 2006. Two years you were in control and didn’t do anything. Now that’s really Bush’s fault and the Dems had nothing to do with it.
I’ll be around when you start blaming and complaining about Obama. I know your worshiping of this MAN (not Messiah) is running pretty high right now. Maybe he can just sign one of those Executive Orders and fix the world but he can’t.
Liberals. Your all alike. A great bunch of uninformed followers though, I have to give you that.
Hey I hear that Bin Laden is still loose, the war is still going on and the cells at Gitmo are still full.
February 6th, 2009 at 4:39 pmprofessorj: clearly you are no professor! Man plays no responsibility for the very real and factual problem of global warming? Are you related to that actic idiot, Palin? Have you ever heard of the Ozone layer? Have you noticed that the ice in the actic is melting at break neck pace? (hmm, how could that be if the earth, as you put it, is getting colder?)You are an absolute moron! you are one of the Republican imbeciles that gets spoon fed lies and deceptions, and then you claim because they tell you you are superior to those of us who believe in this country and its civil liberties (Liberals).
February 8th, 2009 at 6:34 amCan you count how many days since January 20, 2009? Not even one month, and you are making this demand that “Bin Laden is still loose, the war is still going on and the cells at gitmo are still full.” as if to say what?
It seems to me that given your incredibly high expectations of President Obama, that you are the one who believes he is the messiah!.
Instead, you might want to look at it this way: after 8 long years of the Bush dictatorship, Bin Laden is still loose, a war that should have never happened is still going on, and Gitmo continues to hold people in captivity who haven’t even been charged with a crime let alone been tried or convicted of any crime.
You can’t turn all of Bush’s failures onto President Obama, it is not going to work! Perhaps with your bunch im might, but not with the rest of America, you know, the majority who elected President Obama.
People like you are what is wrong with this country! Ignorance is toxic! get an education!
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CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS, AK 65.49 -144.64 COOP 501987 -25.0°F -21.0°F 2001 44
GULKANA AP, AK (PAGK) 62.16 -145.46 ASOS 503465 -17.0°F -15.0°F 1985 69
TONSINA, AK 61.65 -145.17 COOP 509385 -17.0°F -16.0°F 1985 42
CAMP HILL 2 NW, AL 32.82 -85.66 COOP 011324 21.0°F 25.0°F 1968 76
HAMILTON 3 S, AL 34.10 -87.99 COOP 013645 23.0°F 24.0°F 1968 45
CENTREVILLE 6 SW, AL 32.87 -87.24 COOP 011525 26.0°F 28.0°F 2001 32
MUSCLE SHOALS AP, AL (KMSL) 34.74 -87.60 ASOS 015749 27.0°F 28.0°F 1952 67
GREENVILLE, AL 31.79 -86.61 COOP 013519 28.0°F 29.0°F 2001 78
BESSEMER 3 WSW, AL 33.40 -87.01 COOP 010764 28.0°F 30.0°F 1990 31
GENEVA #2, AL 31.04 -85.87 COOP 013251 29.0°F 29.0°F 2001 32
HIGHLAND HOME, AL 31.87 -86.25 COOP 013816 29.0°F 30.0°F 1976 112
HUNTSVILLE INTL AP, AL (KHSV) 34.64 -86.79 ASOS 014064 30.0°F 30.0°F 2005 50
MONTGOMERY AP ASOS, AL (KMGM) 32.30 -86.41 ASOS 015550 31.0°F 32.0°F 2001 60
ATMORE, AL 31.18 -87.44 COOP 010402 32.0°F 33.0°F 2001 48
MOBILE RGNL AP, AL (KMOB) 30.69 -88.25 ASOS 015478 32.0°F 36.0°F 1987 60
FAIRHOPE 2 NE, AL 30.55 -87.88 COOP 012813 33.0°F 34.0°F 1952 89
CODEN, AL 30.39 -88.23 COOP 011803 34.0°F 35.0°F 1957 43
DAUPHIN IS #2, AL 30.25 -88.08 COOP 012172 47.0°F 48.0°F 2001 32
BOONEVILLE 3 SSE, AR 35.09 -93.93 COOP 030832 28.0°F 29.0°F 1993 30
MURFREESBORO 1 W, AR 34.08 -93.70 COOP 035079 29.0°F 29.0°F 1993 33
SPARKMAN, AR 33.92 -92.83 COOP 036768 29.0°F 29.0°F 2005 40
FORDYCE, AR 33.82 -92.43 COOP 032540 30.0°F 30.0°F 1993 71
ROHWER 2 NNE, AR 33.81 -91.27 COOP 036253 31.0°F 32.0°F 1997 47
WEST MEMPHIS, AR 35.12 -90.18 COOP 037712 31.0°F 33.0°F 1976 45
BLYTHEVILLE, AR 35.92 -89.90 COOP 030806 32.0°F 32.0°F 1939 79
EUDORA, AR 33.11 -91.26 COOP 032355 32.0°F 32.0°F 1997 45
PERRY, FL 30.10 -83.57 COOP 087025 29.0°F 32.0°F 1987 71
TALLAHASSEE WSO AP, FL (KTLH) 30.39 -84.35 ASOS 088758 29.0°F 31.0°F 1987 63
GLEN ST MARY 1 W, FL 30.27 -82.19 COOP 083470 29.0°F 32.0°F 1957 80
MAYO, FL 30.06 -83.18 COOP 085539 30.0°F 30.0°F 1957 57
NICEVILLE, FL 30.53 -86.49 COOP 086240 31.0°F 33.0°F 2001 62
JACKSONVILLE INTL AP, FL (KJAX) 30.50 -81.69 ASOS 084358 33.0°F 39.0°F 1987 60
APALACHICOLA AP, FL (KAAF) 29.73 -85.02 ASOS 080211 34.0°F 41.0°F 1976 76
PENSACOLA RGNL AP, FL (KPNS) 30.48 -87.19 ASOS 086997 36.0°F 38.0°F 1968 60
TAMPA WSCMO AP, FL (KTPA) 27.96 -82.54 ASOS 088788 42.0°F 45.0°F 1963 75
ORLANDO INTL AP, FL (KMCO) 28.43 -81.32 ASOS 086628 43.0°F 49.0°F 1952 54
DAYTONA BEACH INTL AP, FL (KDAB) 29.18 -81.05 ASOS 082158 44.0°F 46.0°F 1957 60
KISSIMMEE 2, FL 28.28 -81.42 COOP 084625 44.0°F 45.0°F 1968 46
VERO BEACH INTL AP, FL (KVRB) 27.65 -80.24 ASOS 089214 46.0°F 48.0°F 1943 57
FT MYERS PAGE FLD AP, FL (KFMY) 26.59 -81.86 ASOS 083186 47.0°F 47.0°F 1910 109
WEST PALM BCH INTL AP, FL (KPBI) 26.68 -80.10 ASOS 089525 49.0°F 51.0°F 1944 69
MIAMI INTL AP, FL (KMIA) 25.79 -80.32 ASOS 085663 55.0°F 61.0°F 1968 60
FT LAUDERDALE INTL AP, FL (KFLL) 26.07 -80.15 ASOS 083165 55.0°F 62.0°F 2006 35
KEY WEST INTL AP, FL (KEYW) 24.55 -81.75 ASOS 084570 61.0°F 66.0°F 1957 56
NAHUNTA 6 NE, GA 31.27 -81.92 COOP 096219 28.0°F 30.0°F 1957 45
PLAINS SW GA EXP STN, GA 32.05 -84.37 COOP 097087 30.0°F 30.0°F 2001 52
BLAKELY, GA 31.38 -84.95 COOP 090979 31.0°F 34.0°F 1976 95
ALBANY CAA AP, GA 31.53 -84.18 COOP 090145 31.0°F 35.0°F 1952 33
BRUNSWICK, GA 31.17 -81.50 COOP 091340 39.0°F 40.0°F 1957 90
CASSODAY, KS 38.05 -96.64 COOP 141351 24.0°F 24.0°F 1993 46
IOLA 1 W, KS 37.92 -95.42 COOP 143984 26.0°F 26.0°F 1980 48
GIRARD, KS 37.51 -94.84 COOP 143074 28.0°F 30.0°F 1969 49
HOMER 3 SSW, LA 32.75 -93.07 COOP 164355 27.0°F 33.0°F 2001 55
ROSEPINE RSCH STN, LA 30.95 -93.28 COOP 168046 28.0°F 35.0°F 2005 34
BASTROP, LA 32.77 -92.01 COOP 160537 29.0°F 31.0°F 2005 78
ASHLAND, LA 32.16 -93.13 COOP 160349 30.0°F 32.0°F 2005 54
MONROE ULM, LA 32.53 -92.07 COOP 166314 30.0°F 32.0°F 2005 31
ALEXANDRIA AP, LA (KESF) 31.39 -92.30 ASOS 160104 31.0°F 31.0°F 2005 56
BIENVILLE 3 NE, LA 32.37 -92.94 COOP 160800 31.0°F 31.0°F 2001 35
MANSFIELD, LA 32.02 -93.69 COOP 165874 33.0°F 34.0°F 2005 32
JONESVILLE LOCKS, LA 31.48 -91.86 COOP 164739 33.0°F 39.0°F 2005 36
SLIDELL, LA 30.26 -89.77 COOP 168539 34.0°F 35.0°F 1957 52
BUNKIE, LA 30.96 -92.18 COOP 161287 34.0°F 34.0°F 1957 50
RED RVR RSCH STN, LA 32.42 -93.64 COOP 167738 34.0°F 35.0°F 2001 31
RESERVE, LA 30.06 -90.58 COOP 167767 35.0°F 35.0°F 1913 101
BOYCE 3 WNW, LA 31.39 -92.72 COOP 161232 39.0°F 41.0°F 2001 31
ROCKEFELLER WL REFUGE, LA 29.73 -92.82 COOP 167932 42.0°F 42.0°F 1997 42
GALENA, MO 36.80 -93.47 COOP 233094 22.0°F 25.0°F 1963 43
MT VERNON M U SW CTR, MO 37.07 -93.88 COOP 235862 22.0°F 25.0°F 1980 48
BUFFALO 2 N, MO 37.67 -93.11 COOP 231087 22.0°F 23.0°F 1980 44
WASOLA, MO 36.79 -92.57 COOP 238754 25.0°F 26.0°F 1952 61
HICKORY FLAT, MS 34.63 -89.18 COOP 224001 26.0°F 27.0°F 2001 51
OAKLEY EXP STN, MS 32.21 -90.51 COOP 226476 27.0°F 28.0°F 2001 37
WINONA 5 E, MS 33.48 -89.62 COOP 229743 28.0°F 28.0°F 2001 54
GRENADA 5 NNE, MS 33.88 -89.78 COOP 223645 28.0°F 29.0°F 1957 53
MCCOMB AP, MS (KMCB) 31.18 -90.47 ASOS 225614 31.0°F 34.0°F 1957 60
WIGGINS, MS 30.87 -89.13 COOP 229639 32.0°F 34.0°F 1957 52
ROLLING FORK, MS 32.90 -90.89 COOP 227560 32.0°F 35.0°F 2005 35
PASCAGOULA 3 NE, MS 30.40 -88.48 COOP 226718 33.0°F 33.0°F 1987 71
YAZOO CITY 5 NNE, MS 32.90 -90.38 COOP 229860 33.0°F 33.0°F 1963 46
GRANDFATHER MTN, NC 36.11 -81.83 COOP 313565 17.0°F 17.0°F 1968 52
SUPERIOR 4E, NE 40.03 -97.98 COOP 258320 20.0°F 21.0°F 1991 53
TUSKAHOMA, OK 34.61 -95.28 COOP 349023 24.0°F 31.0°F 1973 46
MARIETTA 5SW, OK 33.88 -97.16 COOP 345563 25.0°F 26.0°F 1952 67
LINDSAY 2 W, OK 34.83 -97.64 COOP 345216 27.0°F 31.0°F 1993 43
KEYSTONE DAM, OK 36.15 -96.25 COOP 344812 28.0°F 29.0°F 1980 41
PERRY, OK 36.29 -97.29 COOP 347012 28.0°F 28.0°F 1980 89
BROKEN BOW DAM, OK 34.13 -94.70 COOP 341168 32.0°F 32.0°F 1973 34
DICKSON, TN 36.07 -87.39 COOP 402489 23.0°F 23.0°F 1952 106
AMES PLANTATION, TN 35.11 -89.21 COOP 400137 28.0°F 29.0°F 2001 31
JOHNSON CITY, TX 30.28 -98.42 COOP 414605 28.0°F 34.0°F 1970 41
GILMER 4 WNW, TX 32.75 -95.05 COOP 413546 28.0°F 30.0°F 1952 72
MT VERNON, TX 33.20 -95.22 COOP 416119 28.0°F 35.0°F 1973 42
SMITHVILLE, TX 30.02 -97.15 COOP 418415 28.0°F 34.0°F 1957 81
WARREN 2 S, TX 30.58 -94.40 COOP 419480 29.0°F 33.0°F 1957 32
WEATHERFORD, TX 32.75 -97.77 COOP 419532 29.0°F 29.0°F 1913 103
EMORY, TX 32.87 -95.78 COOP 412902 29.0°F 35.0°F 1995 42
GREENVILLE KGVL RADIO, TX 33.17 -96.10 COOP 413734 30.0°F 30.0°F 1952 103
MADISONVILLE, TX 30.94 -95.92 COOP 415477 30.0°F 31.0°F 1955 61
CENTERVILLE, TX 31.26 -95.97 COOP 411596 30.0°F 33.0°F 1970 65
KERRVILLE 3 NNE, TX 30.07 -99.11 COOP 414782 31.0°F 36.0°F 2006 34
CENTER, TX 31.81 -94.16 COOP 411578 31.0°F 31.0°F 1952 65
FOWLERTON, TX 28.47 -98.82 COOP 413299 32.0°F 32.0°F 1970 52
HILLSBORO, TX 32.02 -97.11 COOP 414182 32.0°F 32.0°F 1913 97
HENDERSON, TX 32.18 -94.80 COOP 414081 32.0°F 36.0°F 1973 67
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL, TX (KAUS) 30.18 -97.68 ASOS 410429 33.0°F 37.0°F 1970 35
CLEVELAND, TX 30.36 -95.08 COOP 411810 33.0°F 35.0°F 1965 44
HONDO MUNI AP, TX (KHDO) 29.36 -99.17 ASOS 414256 34.0°F 40.0°F 1993 37
GRAPEVINE DAM, TX 32.95 -97.06 COOP 413691 35.0°F 35.0°F 1910 66
LONGVIEW 11 SE, TX 32.35 -94.65 COOP 415348 35.0°F 38.0°F 1993 33
LA GRANGE, TX 29.92 -96.88 COOP 414903 36.0°F 38.0°F 2005 46
TOWN BLUFF DAM, TX 30.80 -94.18 COOP 419101 36.0°F 37.0°F 2001 37
JACKSONVILLE, TX 31.96 -95.27 COOP 414525 36.0°F 36.0°F 1970 44
VICTORIA ASOS, TX (KVCT) 28.86 -96.93 ASOS 419364 37.0°F 40.0°F 1980 53
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW DAM, TX 31.04 -97.53 COOP 418646 37.0°F 38.0°F 1970 40
EL CAMPO, TX 29.20 -96.27 COOP 412786 38.0°F 39.0°F 1970 36
MATAGORDA 2, TX 28.68 -95.97 COOP 415659 40.0°F 40.0°F 1952 78
ARANSAS WR, TX 28.31 -96.80 COOP 410305 40.0°F 46.0°F 1980 35
POINT COMFORT, TX 28.66 -96.56 COOP 417140 42.0°F 43.0°F 2007 48
RAYMONDVILLE, TX 26.48 -97.81 COOP 417458 45.0°F 45.0°F 1970 92
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February 10th, 2009 at 6:13 pmhttp://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/state_climate_profiles.html
U.S. breaks hundreds of cold and 63 new snowfall records! – October 30, 2008
U.S. breaks or ties 115 cold temperature records! (NOAA data for ‘lowest minimum temperature’ for October 29, 2008) Excerpt: Total Number of Records for October 29, 2008 – (out of 5,420 stations with at least 30 years of data) – New: 83 + Tied: 32 = Total: 115 – U.S. Records – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint&month=10&day=29&year=2008&submitted=Get+Records
U.S. breaks or ties 168 cold temperature records! (NOAA data for ‘lowest maximum temperature’ for October 29, 2008 Excerpt: Total Number of Records for October 29, 2008 – (out of 5,364 stations with at least 30 years of data) – New: 120 + Tied: 48 = Total: 168
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=lomx&month=10&day=29&year=2008&submitted=Get+Records
U.S. sees 63 new snowfall records! (NOAA data for record snowfall for October 29, 2008)
Excerpt: Total Number of Records for October 29, 2008 – (out of 11,161 stations with at least 30 years of data) = New: 63 + Tied: 0 = Total: 63
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Also, there are two new ScareWatch papers at SPPI, a state paper for Alabama, a new paper on Polar Bears and an open letter to Sen. McCain from Lord Monckton on climate science and policy. Also, new eWires to read.
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/scarewatch/artic_icecap_is_melting_even_in_winter_.html
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/scarewatch/the_methane_time_bomb_.html
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/alabama_state_profile.html
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/some_things_we_know_and_don_t_know_about_polar_bears.html
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/reprint/Letter_to_McCain.pdf
Here is the addresses for new papers at SPPI:
Monthly CO2 Report: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monthly_report/jan_co2_report.html
A Storm of Errors: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/storm_of_errors.html
Green collar jobs – or con jobs?: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/commentaries_essays/green_color_jobs_or_con_jobs.html
Ohio Climate Change and Mitigation: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/ohio_state_report.html
Carbon Credit as a corrupt currency: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/another_currupt_currency.html
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Polar Bears, Climate Change, and Human Dignity
Written by Douglas Clark, Martina Tyrrell, Martha Dowsley, A. Lee Foote, Milton Freeman and Susan G. Clark
Polar bears are recognized worldwide as living symbols of the Arctic, and have recently become prominent symbols in international campaigns to combat global climate change. On May 14, 2008 a slightly different symbolic association was presented to the world. Against a backdrop of American flags and large photos of polar bears, the US Secretary of the Interior announced his government’s decision to list polar bears worldwide as a threatened species due to declining Arctic sea ice. Explicit in the same announcement was the current US administration’s clear determination to prevent this listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) or obstruct energy developments deemed vital to US interests.
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Romm’s Fairy Tales – Where Cold is Warm
Written by Joseph D’Aleo, AMS Fellow, CCM
In another fable on Climate Progress, chief alarmist blogger Joseph Romm claims “The climate story of the decade is that the 2000s are on track to be nearly 0.2C warmer than the 1990s. And that temperature jump is especially worrisome since the 1990s were only 0.14C warmer than the 1980s (see datasets here). Global warming is accelerating, as predicted.
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“Wilder and wetter everywhere”
Written by Christopher Monckton
The scare: The Guardian, one of the two UK newspapers most prone to write unverified and scientifically-inaccurate stories about the consequences of “global warming”, published an article on 10 December 2008, intended to influence delegates at the UN’s Poznan conference on the climate. The article listed a series of alleged climate catastrophes all round the world, saying that “millions … are feeling the force of a changing climate.
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Reply to response to Dyck on polar bears and climate change in western Hudson Bay
Written by M.G. Dyck, W. Soon, R.K. Baydack, D.R. Legates, S. Baliunas, T.F. Ball & L.O. Hancock
We address the three main issues raised by Stirling et al. [Stirling, I., Derocher, A.E., Gough, W.A., Rode, K., in press. Response to Dyck et al. (2007) on polar bears and climate change in western Hudson Bay. Ecol. Complexity]: (1) evidence of the role of climate warming in affecting the western Hudson Bay polar bear population, (2) responses to suggested importance of human–polar bear interactions, and (3) limitations on polar bear adaptation to projected climate change. We assert that our original paper did not provide any ‘‘alternative explanations [that] are largely unsupported by the data’’ or misrepresent the original claims by Stirling et al. [Stirling, I., Lunn, N.J., Iacozza, I., 1999. Long-term trends in the population ecology of polar bears in western Hudson Bay in relation to climate change. Arctic 52, 294– 306], Derocher et al. [Derocher, A.E., Lunn, N.J., Stirling, I., 2004. Polar bears in a warming climate. Integr. Comp. Biol. 44, 163–176], and other peer-approved papers authored by Stirling and colleagues. In sharp contrast, we show that the conclusion of Stirling et al. [Stirling, I., Derocher, A.E.,
Gough, W.A., Rode, K., in press. Response to Dyck et al. (2007) on polar bears and climate change in western Hudson Bay. Ecol. Complexity] – suggesting warming temperatures (and other related climatic changes) are the predominant determinant of polar bear population status, not only in western Hudson (WH) Bay but also for populations elsewhere in the Arctic – is unsupportable by the current scientific evidence.
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Obama on the ‘urgency’ of combating ‘global warming’
Written by Christopher Monkton
Obama’s World View on Energy and Climate
In a video shown at a costly, two-day “global warming” jamboree at the Beverly Hills Hotel, hosted by Governor Schwarzenegger of California in November 2008, Barack Obama said:
“Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear. Sea levels are rising. Coastlines are shrinking. We’ve seen record drought, spreading famine, and storms that are growing stronger with each passing hurricane season. Climate change and our dependence on foreign oil, if left unaddressed, will continue to weaken our economy and threaten our national security.”
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Arizona Climate Change
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
In February 2005, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, citing concerns of global climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, issued an Executive Order creating the Arizona Climate Change Advisory Group (CCAG). The CCAG was tasked with:
• Establishing a baseline inventory and forecast of greenhouse gas emissions in Arizona, and,
• Producing a Climate Action Plan with recommendations for reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The Action Plan developed by the CCAG was accepted by Governor Napolitano and in September 2006 another Executive Order was signed which established a statewide goal of reducing Arizona’s future greenhouse gas emissions to the 2000 emissions level by the year 2020, and to 50 percent below the 2000 level by 2040. A Climate Change Executive Committee was created to oversee implementation of the recommendations of the Climate Action Plan.
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February 10th, 2009 at 6:18 pmAlso several new eWires at: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/sppi_ewire.html
Here is the addresses for new papers at SPPI:
Monthly CO2 Report: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monthly_report/jan_co2_report.html
A Storm of Errors: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/storm_of_errors.html
Green collar jobs – or con jobs?: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/commentaries_essays/green_color_jobs_or_con_jobs.html
Ohio Climate Change and Mitigation: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/ohio_state_report.html
Carbon Credit as a corrupt currency: http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/another_currupt_currency.html
February 10th, 2009 at 6:45 pmStrange how professorj trusts data from NOAA but is convinced that everyone working there is part of a conspiracy to lie about the existence of global warming.
February 11th, 2009 at 11:04 am