All I can say is thank God for humour, and this attached cartoon by Rob Rodgers brightened up my day. No offense meant to any of the good folks in South Carolina.
“Every time there is an extreme weather event in this country the politicians dodge the questions. First it was “the science isn’t in” and then it was “I’m not a scientist.” Well, you don’t have to be a scientist to see that all of the scientific proof points to the fact that manmade climate change is real.”
Suddenly the labels “alarmist” and “warmist” seem pretty hollow and empty, and all those contrarians and denialism seem totally irrelevant.
There are much bigger issues at stake than mere words and labels . . .
Michael T. Klare (a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College) puts the world in perspective ..
Good god no, they’ll want to nuke the friggin glaciers and bomb Greenland back to the stone age, so you can see all the stones.
All I can say is thank God for humour, and this attached cartoon by Rob Rodgers brightened up my day. No offense meant to any of the good folks in South Carolina.
“Every time there is an extreme weather event in this country the politicians dodge the questions. First it was “the science isn’t in” and then it was “I’m not a scientist.” Well, you don’t have to be a scientist to see that all of the scientific proof points to the fact that manmade climate change is real.”
http://blogs.post-gazette.com/opinion/rob-rogers-cartoons/45100-climate-meeting
and an interesting blog in the Union of Concerned Scientists a senior climate scientists saying what needs saying more often . . and loudly too
What Is—and Is Not—Considered Settled with Climate Science?
http://blog.ucsusa.org/what-is-and-is-not-considered-settled-with-climate-science-913
Suddenly the labels “alarmist” and “warmist” seem pretty hollow and empty, and all those contrarians and denialism seem totally irrelevant.
There are much bigger issues at stake than mere words and labels . . .
Michael T. Klare (a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College) puts the world in perspective ..
http://www.alternet.org/environment/welcome-new-planet-climate-change-tipping-points-and-fate-earth