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Lizahana -> RE: Global warming- do you know the truth? (5/8/2008 1:37:39 AM)
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ORIGINAL: freakofnature
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=11548
Where's that consensus???? How many scientist signed that petition
This here has just a couple of nice quotes for you to review:
http://windfarms.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/global-warming-scam-of-the-century/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1055542/posts
I don't have all night here people, but because I love your efforts, I'll keep it up.
http://earthpro.info/global-warming-is-a-total-scam
http://www.globalclimatescam.com/documents/FiveFacts.pdf
http://leatherheadblog.com/2008/04/11/the-great-global-warming-scam-or-why-the-ipcc-screwed-up/
We could be here a while... Shall I go on?
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=865dbe39-802a-23ad-4949-ee9098538277
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/550481/the-mammoth-global-warming-scam.thtml
http://earthpro.info/ is a blog.
I am not a scientist, fact is I am in real estate in South Florida. But I think I see a rat here.
It is also late and I am tired and still tryin' to watch the game. Good night and good luck
heartland.org recieves funding from Exxon Mobile, from the House Subcommitte on Science and Technology Investigations and Oversight:
"From Dr James McCarthy, the Alexander Agassiz Professor of
Biological Oceanography at Harvard University. From 1986 to 1993, he served as chair of
the international committee that establishes research priorities and oversees
implementation of the International Geosphere—Biosphere Program. From 1997 to
2001, he co-chaired Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), which had responsibilities for assessing impacts of and vulnerabilities to global
climate change for the Third IPCC Assessment. He is President-elect of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and member of the Board of Union of
Concerned Scientists.
...
Specifically, the UCS report shows that between 1998 and 2005, Exxon-Mobil funneled
close to $16 million to a network of 43 ideological and advocacy groups that seek to
manufacture uncertainty about the strong scientific consensus on global warming. These
groups promote spokespeople who misrepresent peer-reviewed scientific findings or
cherry-pick facts in an attempt to mislead the media and public into thinking there is
vigorous debate in the mainstream scientific community about climate change. Among
the ExxonMobil-funded groups are established conservative and anti-regulation think
tanks and organizations such as the American Enterprise Institute. There are also a
myriad of smaller, lesser known groups, including the Heartland Institute ($560,000), the
Annapolis Center for Science Based Public Policy ($763,500), and Frontiers of Freedom
($1,000,200)...."
http://gop.science.house.gov/hearings/oversight07/March%2028/McCarthy.pdf
http://windfarms.wordpress.com/ is a blog.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1055542/posts - is precisely what it says - it's a collection of posts from anyone, you, me - nothing empirical there; and on top of this, the links do not work.
http://earthpro.info/ is a blog - anyone can see this (and you do realize, anyone can have a blog).
globalclimatescam is funded by http://www.minnesotamajority.org/, a political affiliation that asks for donations.
http://leatherheadblog.com/about-me/ is a blatant blog, wherein the author states, "Work: HR Director in UK & Middle East for US multinational and now in second career as a psychometrician and leadership coach."
Melanie Phillips is a columnist.
Here's some food for thought - please note the articles reference GOVERNMENT studies from around the WORLD:
"Scientists from 113 countries issued a landmark report Friday saying they have little doubt global warming is caused by man, and predicting that hotter temperatures and rises in sea level will "continue for centuries" no matter how much humans control their pollution."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,249659,00.html
"U.N. Secretary General Calls Global Warming a Priority
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 2, 2007; Page A14
UNITED NATIONS, March 1 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon argued Thursday that global warming poses as great a threat to the world as modern warfare, and he vowed to make reduction of greenhouse gases one of his tenure's top priorities.
Global warming is destroying species, raising sea levels and threatening millions of poor people, the United Nations' top scientific panel will say today in a report that U.N. officials hope will help mobilize the world into taking tougher actions on climate change. .."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR2007030101484.html
"U.N. Global Warming Report Sternly Warns Against Inaction
By Doug Struck
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, November 17, 2007; Page A03
Global warming is destroying species, raising sea levels and threatening millions of poor people, the United Nations' top scientific panel will say today in a report that U.N. officials hope will help mobilize the world into taking tougher actions on climate change. ..."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR2007030101484.html
"On Feb. 2, 2007, the United Nations scientific panel studying climate change declared that the evidence of a warming trend is "unequivocal," and that human activity has "very likely" been the driving force in that change over the last 50 years. The last report by the group, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in 2001, had found that humanity had "likely" played a role..."
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html#
".N. panel claims manmade global warming certain
Published May 8, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—The most-often quoted authority on global climate change is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a scientific group established in 1988 by the United Nations to evaluate the risk of human-induced climate change. It was the IPCC that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, former vice president of the United States. ..."
http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/8806.article
This study should speak for itself:
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr_spm.pdf
"Recent Climate Change
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Product 1.3 - Re-analyses of historical climate data for key atmospheric features. Implications for attribution of causes of observed change
Product 3.3 - Climate Extremes: Analysis of the Observed Changes and Variations and Prospects for the Future
Since the Industrial Revolution (around 1750), human activities have substantially added to the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The burning of fossil fuels and biomass (living matter such as vegetation) has also resulted in emissions of aerosols that absorb and emit heat, and reflect light..."
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html
"State of Knowledge
As with any field of scientific study, there are uncertainties associated with the science of climate change. This does not imply that scientists do not have confidence in many aspects of climate science. Some aspects of the science are known with virtual certainty1, because they are based on well-known physical laws and documented trends. Current understanding of many other aspects of climate change ranges from “very likely” to “uncertain.”
What's Known
Scientists know with virtual certainty that:
Human activities are changing the composition of Earth's atmosphere. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere since pre-industrial times are well-documented and understood.
The atmospheric buildup of CO2 and other greenhouse gases is largely the result of human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.
An “unequivocal” warming trend of about 1.0 to 1.7°F occurred from 1906-2005. Warming occurred in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and over the oceans (IPCC, 2007).
The major greenhouse gases emitted by human activities remain in the atmosphere for periods ranging from decades to centuries. It is therefore virtually certain that atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases will continue to rise over the next few decades.
Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations tend to warm the planet.
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What's Very Likely?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has stated "Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations" (IPCC, 2007). In short, a growing number of scientific analyses indicate, but cannot prove, that rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are contributing to climate change (as theory predicts). In the coming decades, scientists anticipate that as atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to rise, average global temperatures and sea levels will continue to rise as a result and precipitation patterns will change. "
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/stateofknowledge.html
From the NOAA:
"The IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenarios determines the range of future possible greenhouse gas concentrations (and other forcings) based on considerations such as population growth, economic growth, energy efficiency and a host of other factors. This leads a wide range of possible forcing scenarios, and consequently a wide range of possible future climates.
According to the range of possible forcing scenarios, and taking into account uncertainty in climate model performance, the IPCC projects a best estimate of global temperature increase of 1.8 - 4.0°C with a possible range of 1.1 - 6.4°C by 2100, depending on which emissions scenario is used. However, this global average will integrate widely varying regional responses, such as the likelihood that land areas will warm much faster than ocean temperatures, particularly those land areas in northern high latitudes (and mostly in the cold season). Additionally, it is very likely that heat waves and other hot extremes will increase."
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html#q11
"Causes of global warming
Climatologists (scientists who study climate) have analyzed the global warming that has occurred since the late 1800's. A majority of climatologists have concluded that human activities are responsible for most of the warming. Human activities contribute to global warming by enhancing Earth's natural greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect warms Earth's surface through a complex process involving sunlight, gases, and particles in the atmosphere. Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere are known as greenhouse gases.
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Agreement on global warming
Delegates from more than 160 countries met in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997 to draft the agreement that became known as the Kyoto Protocol. That agreement calls for decreases in the emissions of greenhouse gases.:
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/global_warming_worldbook.html
"NASA and Global Warming
Aired: Friday, February 03, 2006 10-11AM ET
By host Tom Ashbrook:
The lead story on page one of the New York Times last Sunday read: top NASA climate scientist says the Bush administration is trying to stop him from speaking out on global warming.
The scientist is James E. Hansen - NASA's number one climate watcher, who says he's been muzzled on a dire threat facing the planet. The media James Hansen was trying to talk to? Well, yes, it was NPR, as the Times reported, but more specifically, it was us -- On Point."
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2006/02/20060203_a_main.asp
And in fact, 18 states are sueing the EPA for failure to comply with air regulations that prevent global warming:
"BOSTON - A coalition of states on Wednesday sued the Bush administration, saying it has failed to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that opened the door for regulating the greenhouse gases tied to global warming.
The Supreme Court said in April 2007 that carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels is a pollutant subject to the Clean Air Act. The court directed the EPA to determine if carbon dioxide emissions, linked to global warming, endanger public health and welfare.
If that is the case, the court said, the EPA must regulate the emissions.
The 18 states, two cities and 11 environmental groups said in a court filing Wednesday that the EPA has not issued a decision on regulation. Their court filing seeks to compel the EPA to act within 60 days.
“The EPA’s failure to act in the face of these incontestable dangers is a shameful dereliction of duty,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley..."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23919234/
Please DO let me know if you'd like more posts from scientists, and not blogs.
Peace and God bless,
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