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A top Republican senator has ordered an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency's alleged suppression of a report that questioned the science behind global warming. The 98-page report, co-authored by EPA analyst Alan Carlin, pushed back on the prospect of regulating gases like carbon dioxide as a way to reduce global warming. Carlin's report argued that the information the EPA was using was out of date, and that even as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased, global temperatures have declined. "He came out with the truth. They don't want the truth at the EPA," Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla Carlin said McGartland told him he had to pull him off the climate change issue. "It was reassigning you or losing my job, and I didn't want to lose my job," Carlin said, paraphrasing what he claimed were McGartland's comments to him. "My inference (was) that he was receiving some sort of higher-level pressure." Carlin said he personally does not think there is a need to regulate carbon dioxide, since "global temperatures are going down." He said his report expressed a "good bit of doubt" on the connection between the two. Specifically, the report noted that global temperatures were on a downward trend over the past 11 years, that scientists do not necessarily believe that storms will become more frequent or more intense due to global warming, and that the theory that temperatures will cause Greenland ice to rapidly melt has been "greatly diminished." Carlin, in a March 16 e-mail, argued that his comments are "valid, significant" and would be critical to the EPA finding. McGartland, though, wrote back the next day saying he had decided not to forward his comments. CC/GW ??
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Democrats got the votes they needed to pass the CC bill the old fashioned way. THEY BOUGHT THEM! They finally secured the vote of one Ohioan, veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, the old-fashioned way. They gave her what she wanted - a new federal power authority, similar to Washington state's Bonneville Power Administration, stocked with up to $3.5 billion in taxpayer money available for lending to renewable energy and economic development projects in Ohio and other Midwestern states. |
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At least according to Al Gore, Head priest of the GW Cult. July 7, 2009 Al Gore likens fight against climate change to battle with Nazis Al Gore today compared the battle against climate change with the struggle against the Nazis. The former US Vice President said the world lacked the political will to act and invoked the spirit of Winston Churchill by encouraging leaders to unite their nations to fight climate change. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6658672.ece The so called climate experts, act more like Nazis, trying to shut up legitimate scientists that disagree with their fear mongering.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 07, 2009 9:23 am) If Churchill is truly invoked, we face a dark and bleak future 
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So who are the deniers? Washington, D.C.-During a hearing today in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, EPA Administrator Jackson confirmed an EPA analysis showing that unilateral U.S. action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would have no effect on climate. Moreover, when presented with an EPA chart depicting that outcome, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said he disagreed with EPA's analysis. "I believe the central parts of the [EPA] chart are that U.S. action alone will not impact world CO2 levels," Administrator Jackson said. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) presented the chart to both Jackson and Secretary Chu, which shows that meaningful emissions reductions cannot occur without aggressive action by China, India, and other developing countries. "I am encouraged that Administrator Jackson agrees that unilateral action by the U.S. will be all cost for no climate gain," Sen. Inhofe said. "With China and India recently issuing statements of defiant opposition to mandatory emissions controls, acting alone through the job-killing Waxman-Markey bill would impose severe economic burdens on American consumers, businesses, and families, all without any impact on climate." http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.PressReleases&Content- Record_id=564ed42f-802a-23ad-4570-3399477b1393 |
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... need homes !!?? If BILLIONAIRES can't get wind to fly..... link title
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jul 08, 2009 7:04 am) |
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renewable energy projects (i.e., solar, wind, geothermol) are bunches of ..... HOEY !!?? ..."Massive power project is in doubt" By Jeanine Benca Bay Area News Group link title
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jul 08, 2009 12:10 pm) The operative word is probably massive. The Home Power crowd (link) is about getting off the grid, not making lots of new ones.
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 08, 2009 12:22 pm) The City of Santa Clara is hardly MASSIVE "Total 18.38 sq mi (47.6 km2) - Land 18.4 sq mi (47.6 km2) - Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) Elevation 75 ft (23 m) Population (2005) - Total 109,000 "...
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