"Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real" by Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer / October 31, 2011
WASHINGTON—A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly.
So how much was he paid to change his tune?
The study of the world's surface temperatures by Richard Muller was partially bankrolled by a foundation connected to global warming deniers.
So that makes it legit?
Yeah, forget the facts and that snow outside your window, you deniers. If anyone is in denial it is the fart-misting frauds spewing their hot air.
Related: Scientist who said climate change sceptics had been proved wrong accused of hiding truth by colleague
Hiding the truth is what the AmeriKan media does best!
He pursued long-held skeptic theories in analyzing the data. He was spurred to action because of "Climategate," a British scandal involving hacked emails of scientists....
You mean LEAKED emails, right?
See: CLIMATEGATE: A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
I hold global warmers responsible for each and every death caused by wintry conditions.
His ultimate finding of a warming world is no different from what mainstream climate scientists have been saying for decades.
And the newspapers and authorities wonder why we tune them out as we huck another shovel full of s***?
What's different is who is behind the study. One-quarter of the $600,000 to do the research came from the Charles Koch Foundation, whose founder is a major funder of skeptic groups and the tea party....
So how many billions do the Koch brothers stand to make of carbon credit trading?
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Related: Forecasters see a tough winter for most of US
"Already an early heavy winter has settled on North America; the fourth in a row. This is the earliest an inch of snow has fallen in New York City in recorded history. And still the "Carbonazis" push their agenda for carbon trading, looting planet Earth with CO2 the way ENRON looted California with electricity (and indeed ENRON's Ken Lay helped Al Gore set the scheme up.) Still the Carbonazis proclaim the "science is settled" and we should all pay our carbon taxes to bankrupted governments like the obedient little slaves they hope us to be." -- Wake the Flock Up
And what other lens would you expect the war paper to see through?
"Global warming stance another battleground" by Michael Levenson | Globe Staff, October 29, 2011
The US Global Change Research Program, a program started by Congress in 1990 to coordinate federal research on the global environment, found in 2009, “Observations show that warming of the climate is unequivocal.’’
As you sit in that freezing apartment without power.
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“I believe the world’s getting warmer based on what I read.’’
You can't blame the guy if he's reading the AmeriKan media.
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"Patrick urges patience as crews work to restore power; Some customers may not see their power restored until the workweek"
Governor Deval Patrick today urged Massachusetts residents to be patient as more than a half million utility customers waited for their power to be restored after an unusually early major nor’easter that dumped as much as 30 inches of heavy, wet snow on the state. He said utility crews were “making progress” but there was “a lot more to do and a few days yet before power will be restored to everyone.”
Found out from the radio I was one of the lucky ones in the region; many went without power overnight.
With more than 519,000 customers without power, state officials said almost 1,500 crews were on the ground. They said they hoped the number of customers without power would be cut in half by the end of the day, but some people might not get their power back until Friday.
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Actually, no. I'm planning another massive toss-out of unread s***.
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Also see: Outages are being felt across the Northeast
At least we won't be getting fat on Globe candy.
And at the bottom of it all (a$ u$ual):
"Calif. adopts cap-and-trade emission plan" October 21, 2011|By Jason Dearen, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO - California adopted the nation’s most comprehensive “cap-and-trade’’ system yesterday, an experiment by the world’s eighth-largest economy that is designed to provide financial incentives for polluters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
State officials said they hoped other states and Washington, D.C., would follow suit, calling the plan a capstone among the suite of tools California can use to reduce the pollution linked to climate change and cut dependence on foreign oil.
“For half a century every American president has been calling for America to move away from our dependence on foreign oil and become energy independent,’’ said Mary Nichols, chairman of the California Air Resources Board.
“The reason we have not succeeded in addressing our addiction to petroleum is because we did not have the right set of policy tools,’’ Nichols said. “Now we do. Cap-and-trade provides a reward for doing the right thing.’’
Why must someone be rewarded for that?
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Some businesses regulated under the program say it will increase the price of electricity for consumers and hurt job creation by raising the cost of doing business in the state. But the program’s supporters expect cap-and-trade to spur economic recovery and innovation, by pushing business to invest in clean technologies....
Related: Green Stimulus Money Costs More Jobs Than It Creates, Study Shows
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Also see: Obama's Ro$e-Colored $ungla$$e$
