Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/21/2011 2:45:16 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
…..Four years ago, the newly elected Crist told legislators that global warming is “one of the most important issues that we will face this century.” Crist pledged to “bring together the brightest minds” and “place our state at the forefront of a growing worldwide movement to reduce greenhouse gases.”
….. But Crist’s ardor for battling global warming cooled considerably as the economy collapsed and he mounted a bid for the U.S. Senate. Crist’s successor, Gov. Rick Scott, doesn’t think climate change is real, even though it’s accepted as fact by everyone from NASA to the Army to the Vatican.
“I’ve not been convinced that there’s any man-made climate change,” Scott said last week. “Nothing’s convinced me that there is.”
Now Tallahassee has lost its passion for combatting climate change. Some lawmakers attempted last month to repeal the Florida Climate Protection Act, arguing it was no longer needed. They did pass another bill abolishing the Florida Energy and Climate Commission and handing its duties to Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, suggesting they see the future in ethanol and biofuels, not solar, wind or other alternate fuels.
The shift came as a surprise to commission chair Jim Murley.
…In its two-year lifespan the climate commission did very little about climate change, Murley said. Instead, thanks to an influx of $175 million in federal stimulus funds, it turned into an ATM for energy efficiency projects, which he said is a good legacy if this is the end.
But some of the commission’s grants went to two groups in Florida who do still care about climate change: local government agencies and universities. In fact, as Tallahassee has turned its back on the subject, those two groups have become more active than ever…..
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
May 21, 2011 – LA Times: Global species extinction isn't quite so dire, study finds
Department of Education Starts Award for 'Green' Schools [Al Gore's Green Civil Rights takes root]
...care about climate change: local government agencies and universities....
I, along with millions, await some type of tangible proof that man can actually change the course of nature. So far, there’s been none.
Gov. Rick Scott, doesn’t think climate change is real
vs. the actual quote, also from the article:
“I’ve not been convinced that there’s any man-made climate change,” Scott said last week.
There is a difference between the quote and the writer's interpretation of the quote. An example of biased reporting. And I believe the writer is unaware that he has done anything wrong.
The environmentalism scam; the federal “ATM” conduit placing our tax dollars into hands of “educators” and local govt. “stewards” to promote social engineering and grow their voting base of progressives aka brainwashed youth and special interests.
Environmental journalist freelancers for hire
You would be correct. I'm simply aghast at how university English and journalism courses have turned bias on its cheek and made it acceptable to outright lie to push a story. I graduated with my BA in English just 10 years ago, but in the short time since, I've notice the crop of kids coming up from the undergraduate level are arrogant blowhards who think that they are righteous in their reporting and permitted to lie to further an agenda. It's like they accept journalism as a conduit to promote themselves.
Crist's successor, Gov. Rick Scott, doesn't think climate change is real, even though it's accepted as fact by everyone from NASA to the Army to the Vatican.No, it's not. More partisan media shilling by a tree-killing dinosaur media outlet.
Sheez! If they need the climate changed, they should have asked me. I will just break out my Harry Potter wizard wand and voila-but i am not cheap.
Nine whole inches!! With an acceleration! Sea level rise is currently about 3 mm / year so the predicted rise over the next 75 years is.... 8.8 inches!
Considering the whole of Florida itself was underwater I'd say they are still ahead of the game.
I didn't know that NASA had enough extra dollars at the present to be funding this kind of guff.
Big Pine Key lives on a cycle that causes the entire system to grow and recede. It is completely natural.
I dare say that the pine forest took over a marsh after a cypress forest built up the soil.
What would these nuts be thinking if they tried to watch daily measurements as we entered an ice age or were leaving an ice age?
They teach regurgitation of twaddle. Check this out: http://skepticalscience.com/Skeptical-Science-Educates-My-Students.html
In conclusion, I think someone should have an easier way of getting information out to others that isn’t as complex as the IPCC seems to make it, being so far off from actual numbers taken by measurements and satellites. How can they be a proper alarmist if their numbers are off? I also firmly believe that this is an important fact that might be the main concern of this subject because people that believe in grabbing the attention of others that may be interested are not going to know that much about all of these facts and such, because it is the average normal human that would be able to make a difference. Without them what is all this talk about climate change good for? It is the attention of the average person that needs to be grabbed.
This is from a college student. His professor is a koolaid-spewing global moron.
The writer's statement is true.
A popular claim by climate change skeptics is that the oceans are cooling. This, they asset, indicates human-induced climate change cannot be occurring. This line of thinking is faulty is many regards and is not supported by scientific fact.
There always is money to set up a propaganda campaign.
Thank you for the link.
Please explain.
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