The only possible reason for saying this, is the recognition that the
whole issue of global warming, as it was then called, was politically charged and carefully calculated to have specific political ramifications.
In particular, pipeline opponents are angry that the review panel is not hearing evidence about emissions from the Alberta oil sands and the
greater issue of global warming.
Pelosi is also expected to have help from the House Ways and Means Committee and several other panels that are holding hearings and considering legislation on the
twin issues of global warming and energy policy.
James Hansen, who put the
entire issue of global warming on the world stage with his 1988 Senate Hearing, was calling for public trials of CEOs for crimes against humanity.
-- Susan Solomon, Nature The Long Thaw is written for anyone who wishes to know what cutting - edge science tells us about the
modern issue of global warming and its effects on the pathways of atmospheric chemistry, as well as global and regional temperatures, rainfall, sea level, Arctic sea - ice coverage, melting of the continental ice sheets, cyclonic storm frequency and intensity and ocean acidification.
Although the IPCC is not perfect — it famously predicted that all Himalayan glaciers would be gone in 2035, when the more likely year is 2350 — its many experts generally give us the best information on the
fractious issue of global warming.
It's to get off real dealing with problems that have very serious dangers and consequences and moving to this kind of feel -
good issue of global warming.»
In fact, the «fact» that polar temperatures have been increasing faster than in the rest of the world was the prime «fact» presented by Oreskes in her influential lecture, The American Denial of Global Warming, to justify her thesis that the
whole issue of global warming and what we should do about it was done and dusted in the 1970s.
If you want to know how
the issue of global warming is dividing the evangelical world, Richard Cizik's story is a good place to start.
In this case, the «shibboleth» is
the issue of global warming.
The U.S. government will put more money and efforts into studying
the issue of global warming, President Bush said today.
She softened her stance during a September 11 interview with ABC News's Charlie Gibson, saying «man's activities certainly can be contributing to
the issue of global warming.»
While there is relatively low awareness of the papal encyclical, a majority of Americans say it is appropriate for the pope to take a public position on
the issue of global warming.
«The climate change countermovement has had a real political and ecological impact on the failure of the world to act on
the issue of global warming,» said Brulle.
The Supreme Court, hearing its biggest - ever case on
the issue of global warming, spent half of its time Tuesday indulging in a desire to keep the federal courts involved in such cases, and half the time addressing the seeming reality that such a case would simply not be manageable as a lawsuit.
The only time Congress directly spoke to
the issue of global warming in the Clean Air Act, it instructed EPA not to jump to regulatory conclusions.
«MY SACRED, SPIRITUAL SPACE» Describing a feeling or an emotion is more more complicated than solving
the issues of global warming.
The Discovery Channel's Racing Extinction is the latest of these, examining
the issues of global warming and ocean acidification through the lens of the world's evaporating wildlife.
What's left is a fairly uninteresting plot for a nefarious grab for natural resources, which is timely in terms of relevance to today's
issues of global warming and unsustainable populations, but really isn't introduced as being of major world importance compared to Bond's more personal vendetta.
IN CONVERSATION: THE FILMMAKERS BEHIND «AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL» with Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk In 2006, Vice President Al Gore made the documentary An Inconvenient Truth to shed light on
the issue of global warming and the climate crisis at hand.
The Day After Tomorrow, the latest big - budget SF disaster flick, broaches — or stumbles over —
the issue of global warming, or what I prefer to call Bush weather, a topic that's surely worthy of some reflection.
Energy conservation efforts not only help schools save scarce operating funds, but also lead to greater support from students and community members who view
the issue of global warming as one that education institutions must be addressing.
Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth proved that
the issue of global warming can't penetrate the hearts of non-scientists through words alone; it needs pictures.
Re # 10 The USGS was walked up to the wall back in the mid 90's and told in no uncertain terms that if they kept addressing environmental science and failed to sing the oil industry line (on remaining petroleum reserves as well as on
the issue of global warming), then they would be dissolved, flushed, kaput — the Congressional funding would be cut off.
Students: Tell us how your teachers have addressed
the issue of global warming.
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the issue of global warming, I am always on the lookout for simple explanations from the scientific community that can be used to communicate to hoi polloi why global warming is occurring primarily because of human activity (especially emissions...
As a philosophy professor teaching a course in environmental ethics, I want to do justice to
the issue of global warming — at least, as best I can given my layperson status when it comes to climatology.
The issues of global warmer, decreased wetlands, pollution, and failing infrastructure touch everyone, not just those in New Orleans and here.
I am not a trained climatologist or scientist to comment on
the issue of global warming, but I do have some very serious thoughts on the matter:
However, contrary to this conventional wisdom, new nationally representative survey data analyzed by American University communication researchers and collected by the Yale Project on Climate Change and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication reveal that Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 are, for the most part, split on
the issue of global warming and, on some indicators, relatively disengaged when compared to older generations.
In fact, now that all three presidential contenders seem to take global warming very seriously, and given history, my guess is that the current administration may well be offering to negotiate some agreement (while still in office) so that such agreement would involve less of a change for coal, oil, automobiles, etc., i.e., an agreement that would actually be less effective at addressing
the issue of global warming.
But the incremental nature of climate research and its uncertain scenarios will continue to make
the issue of global warming incompatible with the news process.