[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Governor of California -- Jerry Brown when he was AG for the State -- included the statement that CO2 was a pollutant in a description of an amendment to the ballot

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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polistra says:

January 11, 2012 at 5:29 pm

The Belgian study last month actually shocked Fred Pearce of New Superstitionist into admitting a bit of truth for once:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21298-trees-do-bear-some-blame-for-acid-rain.html

I seem to recall that the specific acid-rain scare in NE USA was disproved quite a while ago by a study of wind patterns; the forests in question couldn’t have gotten the pollution from the accused power plants.

Now it’s especially good to see the whole theory, not just the specific distribution, disproved twice!

[Nateman]

Jerry Brown when he was AG...

One of the many reasons the slogan "If it's Brown, flush it", was popular.