Inhofe flips the script on Democratic climate change is a hoax vote – Democrats ‘ended up empty-handed on the vote’
Climatologist Dr. Judith Curry: ‘The problem is Obama is listening to scientists that are either playing politics with their expertise, or responding to a political mandate’
Raw politics of climate change in the U.S.
http://judithcurry.com/2015/01/21/raw-politics-of-climate-change-in-the-u-s
by Judith Curry President Obama’s State of the Union address, and the reactions from opposing politicians and the media, illustrate the raw politics of climate change in the U.S. Last night, President Obama’s State of the Union address included some fairly substantial words on climate change. The Carbon Brief provides a good summary, including a video link. Here are the relevant text excerpts: 2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does — 14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all fallen in the first 15 years of this century. I’ve heard some folks try to dodge the evidence by saying they’re not scientists; that we don’t have enough information to act. Well, I’m not a scientist, either. But you know what — I know a lot of really good scientists at NASA, and NOAA, and at our major universities. The best scientists in the world are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate, and if we do not act forcefully, we’ll continue to see rising oceans, longer, hotter heat waves, dangerous droughts and floods, and massive disruptions that can trigger greater migration, conflict, and hunger around the globe. The Pentagon says that climate change poses immediate risks to our national security. We should act like it. That’s why, over the past six years, we’ve done more than ever before to combat climate change, from the way we produce energy, to the way we use it. That’s why we’ve set aside more public lands and waters than any administration in history. And that’s why I will not let this Congress endanger the health of our children by turning back the clock on our efforts. I am determined to make sure American leadership drives international action. In Beijing, we made an historic announcement — the United States will double the pace at which we cut carbon pollution, and China committed, for the first time, to limiting their emissions. And because the world’s two largest economies came together, other nations are now stepping up, and offering hope that, this year, the world will finally reach an agreement to protect the one planet we’ve got. For emphasis, this morning President Obama tweets: Senator Inhofe’s response Senator Inhofe, the new Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, responds …
Senate Votes 98-1 to Affirm Climate Change Is Not a Hoax – Sen. Inhofe supports because ‘It doesn’t say humans cause it’
http://www.mediaite.com/online/senate-votes-98-1-to-affirm-climate-change-is-not-a-hoax/…
Mitt Romney flips again? From warmist to skeptic back to warmist: ‘While he hopes the skeptics about global climate change are right, he believes it’s real and a major problem’
He said that while he hopes the skeptics about global climate change are right, he believes it’s real and a major problem.
He said it’s not enough for Americans to keep their own carbon emissions in check when much of the rise in greenhouse gases globally is coming from countries such as China and India.
Climate change drew little attention from either candidate in 2012, when Romney sought to deny President Barack Obama, a second term. At that time, Romney said he believed global warming was occurring but he was skeptical of its man-made origins and questioned spending to curb carbon emissions.…
MIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen on U.S. Senate climate vote: It’s ‘bizarre’ & ‘ludicrous’ – ‘An attempt to hijack science for political purposes’
Climate Depot Exclusive
Dr. Richard Lindzen – Professor Emeritus, MIT, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Cato Institute:
Dr. Richard Lindzen told Climate Depot:
“Climate change is of course real; change being the normal state of affairs in climate Climate change has caused catastrophic problems on occasion throughout the earth’s history While man may have contributed somewhat to climate change in recent years, his contribution to the above is highly questionable, and continues to be debated.
Moreover, the incidence of severe events shows no particular deviation from historical expectations. Attempts to claim otherwise represent an attempt to hijack science for political purposes. In the case of Bernie Sanders, a socialist, he is undoubtedly dreaming about nationalizing the energy industry.
For the US Senate to accept guidance from Sanders’ bizarre dreams is ludicrous.”
End Lindzen statement.
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U.S. Senate to vote on: ‘Climate change has already caused devastating problems in the U.S. and around the world’ – The Sanders amendment takes direct aim at Republican climate change deniers:
It is the sense of Congress that Congress is in agreement with the opinion of virtually the entire worldwide scientific community that— (1) climate change is real; (2) climate change is caused by human activities; (3) climate change has already caused devastating problems in the United States and around the world; Sen. Sanders said, “The American people need to know whether Congress is listening to the overwhelming majority of scientists when it comes to climate change. On this issue, the scientists have been virtually unanimous in saying that climate change is real, it is caused by human action, it is already causing devastating problems which will only get worse in the future and that we need to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel. Do members of Congress believe the scientists or not?”
U.S. Senate to vote on whether ‘climate change is happening’ – The Sanders measure asks whether lawmakers agree with the overwhelming consensus of scientists who say climate change is impacting the planet and is worsened by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.
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U.S. Senate to vote on: ‘Climate change has already caused devastating problems in the U.S. and around the world’
…U.S. Senate to vote on whether ‘climate change is happening’
…Hillary Clinton’s ‘Drought’ debunked: Claimed ‘climate change was causing extreme weather and droughts’
Hillary’s Drought
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/hillarys-drought/
By Paul Homewood Back in September, Hillary Clinton told a clean energy conference that climate change was causing extreme weather and droughts, no matter what deniers say. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2014/13
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GOP’s new refrain: ‘Not a scientist’ – Climate Depot note: ‘Yes, this is a pathetic GOP reaponse’
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/228053-for-gop-a-new-refrain-im-not-a-scientist…
Watch: Morano on Fox News on Pope Francis & Climate: ‘On every metric from polar bears on down, the global warming narrative has weakened’
Pope Francis turning attention to climate change – Marc Morano on Fox News Dec. 30, 2014
Watch Video Here: http://video.foxnews.com/v/3966261126001/pope-francis-turning-attention-to-climate-change/?#sp=show-clips
Marc Morano: ‘The Pope has picked a contentious scientific issue which — now going on almost two decades of no global warming, sea ice recovering, sea level rise actually decelerating, On every metric from polar bears on down, the global warming narrative has weakened. And to now have the Pope jump no that bandwagon would sow confusion among Catholics.’
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How A San Diego Scientist Helped Shape The Pope’s Climate Change Plans
Paper: ‘Pope Francis Errs In Linking Church To Corrupt Green Movement’ – Vatican ‘has been infiltrated by followers of a radical green movement’
We would remind Francis that the greatest acts of barbarism and the most villainous violations of basic human rights in history — slavery, the Holocaust, China’s one-child policy, Stalinism, Pol Pot’s killing fields, Mao’s starvation of millions, and on and on —have been perpetrated by the statists.’
‘Almost all the leading anti-climate-change initiatives endorsed by the Green Movement — cap and trade, carbon taxes, regulations against using abundant fossil fuels — are merely regressive taxes that hurt the poor the most.’
Conservative Catholics Angry as Pope Plans to Issue Encyclical on Climate Change
Paper: Pope Francis’s edict on climate change will anger ‘deniers’ and US churches – ‘The pope will publish a rare encyclical on climate change and human ecology. Urging all Catholics to take action on moral and scientific grounds, the document will be sent to the world’s 5,000 Catholic bishops and 400,000 priests, who will distribute it to parishioners.’
Time to tackle global warming running out, Pope tells climate summit…