This Man Is America’s Best Hope for Near-Term Climate Action

Slate ^ | May 13, 2015 | Eric Holthaus

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Conservative climate champions are often laughed off or ignored. But what’s happening within the American political right could change everything, and fast.

Each year since 1989, the JFK Library bestows its Profile in Courage award to a public servant who takes a principled but unpopular position. This year,the award went to Bob Inglis, a former congressman from South Carolina who’s turned into America’s best hope for near-term climate action. Oh, he’s also a Republican.

As you might expect, Inglis wasn’t always a climate campaigner. In his acceptance speech last week at the JFK Library in Boston,he described how and why he changed his mind on global warming:........

.....Science, plus his deep Christian faith, convinced Inglis that taking action on climate—and saving countless lives in the process—was the right thing to do. Almost immediately, he began advocating for carbon pricing: He argued that it would be good for business and the environment. He even began looking to Canada for inspiration.....During a 2009 speech on the House floor, he called an American plan for a British Columbia–style revenue-neutral carbon tax a “fabulous opportunity.”.....

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Together with evangelical Christian climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe and the retired Navy Rear Adm. David Titley, Inglis represents the forefront of the American conservative zeitgeist on global warming. It’s interesting to note that they’re also all infectiously optimistic.Hayhoe, who’s in the midst of an indefinite speaking tour, primarily to conservative audiences, recently told me that when it comes to action on climate change among those on the right, “There is a dam effect. Once the dam is breached, there could be rapid change.”

After speaking with Inglis, I have to agree. It’s refreshing to hear anyone—especially a Republican—actually hopeful on climate. My wife and I had an hourslong conversation following the interview. Her main takeaway: “Why can’t more people think like him?”

[Cincinatus' Wife]

New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism

"NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth’s atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing. The study indicates far less future global warming will occur than United Nations computer models have predicted, and supports prior studies indicating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide trap far less heat than alarmists have claimed.

Study co-author Dr. Roy Spencer, a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and U.S. Science Team Leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite, reports that real-world data from NASA’s Terra satellite contradict multiple assumptions fed into alarmist computer models.".....

[Organic Panic]

Lackoff strikes again.

“Climate Action” = High taxes, higher costs, more government control, less freedom.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Senate GOP launches attack on EPA climate rules

[sergeantdave]

Inglis was run out of the state by South Carolinians back in 2009. Always wondered what happened to the RINO weasel, and here he pops up to accept an award from a bunch of 50 IQ apes in Boston.

Stay there, Bob, South Carolina still hates your guts.

[Impy]

F that RINO Inglis

F his wife for letting their kids grow up to be libs

And F his kids

Oh F Slate up it’s A with a rusty pipe

[piasa]

Heads up, another carbontaxer popped up today, by “coincidence” :

The Arguments That Convinced A Libertarian To Support Aggressive Action On Climate
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3289582/posts?page=1

Wonder if that west coast wingnut who was backing Obama has been handing out bribe money to new blood since Obama’s time in office is crawling to an end.

[dalereed]

Another liberal wacko that needs to be voted out.

[GOPsterinMA]

And “F” The Lone Ranger AND Tonto too!!!

[__rvx86]

At this rate, shouldn’t we burn MORE fossil fuels? If the so-called Greenhouse Effect exists, we can survive periods of reduced solar activity by burning more fuel, something that was impossible during the last ice age.

Even with the reduced solar activity, we can even maintain sufficient crop-yields to continue our existence on Earth, as long as we can keep the Earth warm enough to support common crops.