The Truth, Still Inconvenient

[coolian2]

nothing says opinion like calling the other side liars.

 

[Diemen]

Another opinion:

By a 19 year old political science student. Clearly an expert in the field and someone whose opinion carries a lot of weight in the discussion.

 

[BVS]

 

[purpleoscar]

I think this is more interesting:

Keynote | Power Shift 2011

Join us after dinner for a concert, fashion show, and keynote speakers.

Lisa P. Jackson, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator

Administrator Lisa P. Jackson leads EPA’s efforts to protect the health and environment for all Americans. She and a staff of more than 17,000 professionals are working across the nation to usher in a green economy, address health threats from toxins and pollution, and renew public trust in EPA’s work.

As Administrator, Jackson has pledged to focus on core issues of protecting air and water quality, preventing exposure to toxic contamination in our communities, and reducing greenhouse gases. She has promised that all of EPA’s efforts will follow the best science, adhere to the rule of law, and be implemented with unparalleled transparency.

Jackson is the first African-American to serve as EPA Administrator. She has made it a priority to focus on vulnerable groups including children, the elderly, and low-income communities that are particularly susceptible to environmental and health threats. In addressing these and other issues, she has promised all stakeholders a place at the decision-making table.

Before becoming EPA’s Administrator, Jackson served as Chief of Staff to New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine and Commissioner of the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Prior to joining DEP, she worked for 16 years as an employee of the U.S. EPA.

EPA Boss to Speak at Youth Climate Conference With Van Jones and International Socialists | NewsBusters.org

About Energy Action Coalition | Power Shift 2011

Energy Action Coalition is a coalition of 50 youth-led environmental and social justice groups working together to build the youth clean energy and climate movement.

Working with hundreds of campus and youth groups, dozens of youth networks, and hundreds of thousands of young people, Energy Action Coalition and its partners have united a burgeoning movement behind winning local victories and coordinating on state, regional, and national levels in the United States and Canada. [...]

Energy Action Coalition is committed to building a diverse and inclusive movement to solve the climate crisis and address environmental and economic injustice.

One of the workshops:

From the BP Oil Spill to the Japanese Nuclear Crisis: Why Capitalism is Killing the Planet

The past year alone has highlighted the massive toll taken on our planet by the coal, oil, and nuclear energy industries. Yet President Obama continues to support these three industries, which have produced not only ecological catastrophe but also widespread human suffering. This panel will discuss why this is the case, how it is linked to a system of global capitalism that puts profit before the needs of human beings and the planet, and how we can move beyond the capitalist ecological crisis.

Panelists
Chris Williams, International Socialist Organization
Heather Kangas, International Socialist Organization
Amanda Duzak, International Socialist Organization

The International Socialist Organization (ISO) is committed to building an organization that participates in the struggles for justice and liberation today--and, ultimately, for a future socialist society. [...]

A world free of exploitation--socialism--is not only possible but worth fighting for. The ISO stands in the tradition of revolutionary socialists Karl Marx, V.I. Lenin and Leon Trotsky in the belief that workers themselves--the vast majority of the population--are the only force that can lead the fight to win a socialist society. Socialism can't be brought about from above, but has to be won by workers themselves. [...]

We see our task as building an independent socialist organization with members organizing in our workplaces, our schools and our neighborhoods to bring socialist ideas to the struggles we are involved in today, and the vision of a socialist world in the future.

The U.S Chamber of Commerce claims to represent small businesses across America but answers to the biggest, dirtiest corporations in the country. This panel will expose the U.S Chamber’s true colors as obstructionists to climate progress and its underhanded tactics for maintaining its crumbling reputation. Panelists will also discuss how we can win against the Chamber by mobilizing our communities and local businesses to band together for green jobs and climate solutions. Join us for a panel featuring Brad Johnson from the Center for American Progress, Phil Aroneanu from 350.org, Bonnie Hemphill of Climate Solutions, and representatives from the labor and sustainable business community.

Everyone is worried about Koch but not these guys.

 

[BVS]

Is this the proof you were looking for? The link you've been longing for for so long?

Science is socialist!


Seriously, the author made some big stretches in their article. They would have done much better if they just left out the part about the judges at a Koch led conference because now he just looks stupid trying to make a comparison. The two are not similiar at all.

 

[purpleoscar]

How about the U.N.?

 

[BVS]

What about them? Were they a part of the conference? I didn't see...

 

[purpleoscar]

What about them? Were they a part of the conference? I didn't see...

Well no, more obviously they are the prime supporters of the IPCC reports and stand to benefit from cap and trade transfers and binding agreements to make a world government. Remember those videos of Marxists in Copenhagen? Don't these usual suspects seem enthusiastic about this topic?

 

[A_Wanderer]

:tinfoilhat:

 

[BVS]

Well no, more obviously they are the prime supporters of the IPCC reports and stand to benefit from cap and trade transfers and binding agreements to make a world government. Remember those videos of Marxists in Copenhagen? Don't these usual suspects seem enthusiastic about this topic?

You post a "source" and then you can't even stay on topic.

You are part of the reason why the right comes off as anti intellectualism.

 

[Canadiens1131]

Well no, more obviously they are the prime supporters of the IPCC reports and stand to benefit from cap and trade transfers and binding agreements to make a world government. Remember those videos of Marxists in Copenhagen? Don't these usual suspects seem enthusiastic about this topic?

You reading from Glenn's chalkboards again, purp?

Isn't there some kind of worldwise towelhead uprising you should be preparing for, instead, then? I'd think climate change (or the lack of) would be a minor issue compared to the Muslim threat

 

[PhilsFan]

The comparison to the Koch Brothers is absurd.

 

[purpleoscar]

You post a "source" and then you can't even stay on topic.

You are part of the reason why the right comes off as anti intellectualism.

There are political people that want to benefit financially from artificially raising energy costs. That's on topic and related to my post. It's not just science. One doesn't have to be an "intellectual" to understand that. Since intellectuals want to scare up some money by making people feel guilty and afraid of a trace gas that does little warming it seems intellectuals shouldn't be given carte blanche to plan the energy economy in some people's opinion.

 

[BVS]

You really aren't helping your cause... I'm not sure if you even read your own "source".

Is climate change a socialist scam or money making scam, you can't seem to make up your mind.

Is there anyone on the right that understands the situation?! Will you please come forward?

 

[the iron horse]

You really aren't helping your cause... I'm not sure if you even read your own "source".

Is climate change a socialist scam or money making scam, you can't seem to make up your mind.

Is there anyone on the right that understands the situation?! Will you please come forward?

I will.

The sun will rise tomorrow and the birds will sing praises.

The earth is in good hands.

Be happy

 

[Kieran McConville]

God is great!!!!!!

 

[Axver]

I will.

The sun will rise tomorrow and the birds will sing praises.

The earth is in good hands.

Be happy

It's pretty tiring how often you trot out this lazy, anti-intellectual, and seemingly apathetic cop-out.

 

[Irvine511]

I will.

The sun will rise tomorrow and the birds will sing praises.

The earth is in good hands.

Be happy

so you're really not a Libertarian here. you think we have no responsibility at all, and that someone -- the Great Nanny In The Sky -- will clean up after us.

cool beans.

just don't go calling yourself a Libertarian. we've seen that you're anything but on so many issues.

 

[BVS]

I will.

The sun will rise tomorrow and the birds will sing praises.

The earth is in good hands.

Be happy

I asked for someone who understands the situation, you have shown time after time that you don't.

Tomorrow might be great for you, but you don't seem to give a shit about anyone else or other generations.

 

[kramwest1]

Great. Happy Anniversary!

Pennsylvania Fracking Spill: Natural Gas Well Blowout Spills Thousands Of Gallons Of Drilling Fluid (VIDEO)

 

[Diemen]

The BSG fan in me finds that headline highly amusing.

Frack! There's a fracking spill in Pennsylvania!

 

[Canadiens1131]

Frackin' Cylons.

 

[kramwest1]

 

[yolland]

Rick Perry's got a better idea.

governor.state.tx.us

WHEREAS, the state of Texas is in the midst of an exceptional drought, with some parts of the state receiving no significant rainfall for almost three months, matching rainfall deficit records dating back to the 1930s; and

WHEREAS, a combination of higher than normal temperatures, low precipitation and low relative humidity has caused an extreme fire danger over most of the State, sparking more than 8,000 wildfires which have cost several lives, engulfed more than 1.8 million acres of land and destroyed almost 400 homes, causing me to issue an ongoing disaster declaration since December of last year; and

WHEREAS, these dire conditions have caused agricultural crops to fail, lake and reservoir levels to fall and cattle and livestock to struggle under intense stress, imposing a tremendous financial and emotional toll on our land and our people; and

WHEREAS, throughout our history, both as a state and as individuals, Texans have been strengthened, assured and lifted up through prayer; it seems right and fitting that the people of Texas should join together in prayer to humbly seek an end to this devastating drought and these dangerous wildfires;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby proclaim the three-day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, as Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas. I urge Texans of all faiths and traditions to offer prayers on that day for the healing of our land, the rebuilding of our communities and the restoration of our normal way of life.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and have officially caused the Seal of State to be affixed at my Office in the City of Austin, Texas, this the 21st day of April, 2011.

RICK PERRY
Governor of Texas

 

[corianderstem]

So if the rain doesn't come, does that mean that those awful, awful so-called "christians" that go around proclaiming that Katrina and the Japan tsunami/earthquake were punishments will say the same thing about Texas?

Or will Texas get a pass from their jackassery?

 

[yolland]

Well, the drought in Texas hasn't drawn anything like the media attention Katrina and the tsunami did, which suggests God is less interested in making an example of them, and I'm sure Phelps et al. will take that into account.

 

[PhilsFan]

Great. Happy Anniversary!

Pennsylvania Fracking Spill: Natural Gas Well Blowout Spills Thousands Of Gallons Of Drilling Fluid (VIDEO)

In Marcellus Shale We Trust

 

[BEAL]

So if the rain doesn't come, does that mean that those awful, awful so-called "christians" that go around proclaiming that Katrina and the Japan tsunami/earthquake were punishments will say the same thing about Texas?

Or will Texas get a pass from their jackassery?

No, they won't say the same things. It will be blamed on someone else. Probably not ENOUGH people of faith living in Texas. Too many Mexicans or illegals, cause they're prayers don't fucking count Goddamnit!!! Drove out the good people that were necessary.

Though if it does rain, thank the lord for blessing Texas.

 

[purpleoscar]

Sun Headed Into Hibernation, Solar Studies Predicts

Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade • The Register

So now we should create more CO2 to mitigate global cooling?

Of course this is just a model so hopefully they're wrong because food prices would go up if this occurs.

 

[BVS]

You and The Register(a bit of a joke) should actually pay attention to what the scientist are saying, rather than just read the headlines:

"We have some interesting hints that solar activity is associated with climate, but we don't understand the association," said Dean Pesnell, project scientist for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

Also, even if there is a climate link, Pesnell doesn't think another grand minimum is likely to trigger a cold snap.

"With what's happening in current times—we've added considerable amounts of carbon dioxide and methane and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere," said Pesnell, who wasn't involved in the suite of new sun studies.

"I don't think you'd see the same cooling effects today if the sun went into another Maunder Minimum-type behavior."

According to Hill, their data suggest that the start of Solar Cycle 25 may be delayed until 2022—about two years late—or the cycle may simply not happen.

This time, however, the rush to the poles is more of a crawl, which means we could be headed toward a very weak solar maximum in 2013—and it may delay or even prevent the start of the next solar cycle.


Taken together, the three lines of evidence strongly hint that Solar Cycle 25 may be a bust, the scientists said today during a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

But a solar lull is no cause for alarm, NSO's Hill said: "It's happened before, and life seems to go on. I'm not concerned but excited."