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Few U.S. states preparing for climate change, study says
Los Angeles Times ^ | October 9, 2014 | By NEELA BANERJEE

Posted on 10/09/2014 4:40:27 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Fewer than half of American states are working to protect themselves from climate change, despite more detailed warnings from scientists that communities are already being damaged, according to a new online clearinghouse of states’ efforts compiled by the Georgetown Climate Center.

Fourteen states have plans to prepare for the effects of climate change. California, New York and Maryland are among those that have made the greatest progress toward the dozens of goals their plans set forth, such as cutting statewide greenhouse gas emissions, improving infrastructure, securing water supplies, battling wildfires or coping with rising sea levels. Even those states have much work ahead of them, though.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climategate; hoax; socialism; weather
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Most states are, hopefully, too smart for that crap.


21 posted on 10/09/2014 5:49:03 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

...because it hasn’t happened.

I still can’t believe all of this crap is based on a freaking computer model. Garbage in, Garbage out.


22 posted on 10/09/2014 5:54:36 PM PDT by MediaMole
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"Few U.S. states preparing
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23 posted on 10/09/2014 5:58:25 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well California, hows that Global Warming prepping working out for you? Since you started regulating and taxing for the last 20 years the climate in California has gone into the toilet.


24 posted on 10/09/2014 5:58:31 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Put lipstick on a Communist and call it a Progressive, but it's still a Communist with lipstick.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Happens every year about this time—the highway department mounts snow plow blades to trucks in the next few weeks—and remove/store them again next spring when the weather warms up again.


25 posted on 10/09/2014 10:19:11 PM PDT by Skybird
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; sickoflibs; NFHale; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA
Fewer than half of American states are working to protect themselves from climate change

I am. I took the ACs out the windows and closed them up.

26 posted on 10/09/2014 11:24:58 PM PDT by Impy (Voting democrat out of spite? Then you are America's enemy, like every other rat voter.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Few U.S. states preparing for climate change, study says"

There's little point to weatherizing the house when the whole town's on fire.
27 posted on 10/10/2014 3:07:48 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Impy; sickoflibs; NFHale; BillyBoy

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


28 posted on 10/10/2014 7:44:42 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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