Posts tagged: climate change
Youth delegate makes an inspiring speech at the COP 17 “Conference of Polluters”.
“ClimateGate” debunked, but where is the coverage? Jon Stewart makes it clear as always.
Texas scientists wrote a report detailing the state of the environment in Galveston Bay. Rick Perry-appointed officials from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality went through the report and systematically deleted every mention of changes to Bay ecology that could be attributed to climate change. Now the scientists are rebelling. All the authors have asked for their names to be removed from the published, censored version of the report, and they’ve shared the original paper with the press. You can see how the report was censored, page-by-page, at Mother Jones.
Three minute video of Rep. John Boehner making a fool of himself. He doesn’t seem to understand what “the issue” with carbon emissions even is.
Seriously? This video proves that the Republicans have NO plan to solve global warming. This is the most pathetic backpedaling crap fest of an interview I have ever seen…
Everyone loves to hate lobbyists —after all, they seem to embody the special interests and shady dealings that underline the modern perception of politics. A lobbyist for Big Tobacco is about as loved as a killer of puppy dogs. But his station as ‘most despicable political figure’ could soon be supplanted—by the Climate Lobbyist. This newish breed lobbies against measures to fight climate change on behalf of the likes of oil, electricity, and coal firms. And their numbers are growing. There are now estimated to be around 2,340 climate lobbyists in Washington—more than [four for each] member of Congress.
The article continues with more bad news.
Lobbying expenditures on climate change last year topped $90 million. About 130 businesses and interest groups spent more than $23.5 million on lobbying teams solely focused on climate, but that vastly understates the money devoted to the effort.
