Not exact matches
«For anyone driven crazy
by the faux
warm and fuzzy PR of the so - called sharing economy Steven Hill's Raw Deal: How the «Uber Economy» and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers should be required reading... Hill is an extremely well - informed skeptic who presents a satisfyingly blistering critique of high tech's disingenuous equating of sharing with profiteering... Hill includes two chapters listing potential solutions for the
crises facing U.S. workers... Hill stresses the need for movement organizing to create a safety net strong enough to save the millions of workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.»
Just in time for Bali, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development issued a new
crisis report listing the ten cities most due to be flooded
by warming - induced sea level rise.
The
crisis counselor's task is to make her or his nurturing Parent available to the person
by showing genuine caring and
warm empathy.
As reported
by the New York Post's Yoav Gonen, Kavanagh joined Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett for a press briefing on the City's proactive response to the threat of the Zika virus, and the need for Congress to fund a robust, decisive effort
by the federal government — in New York and especially in
warmer places where mosquitoes known to transmit the virus are prevalent — to avert a health
crisis in the United States.
Or do the smile and
warm words conceal a Thatcherite agenda (as Gordon Brown believes has been confirmed
by the financial
crisis, and which some on the right like Fraser Nelson of The Spectator hope and believe is the case)?
The report was accompanied
by endorsements from a long list of climate change luminaries, including former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, whose blurb reads: «Without immediate action to solve the climate
crisis, catastrophic
warming will fundamentally change our planet and disrupt the climate balance in which human civilization has flourished.
The graph was embraced
by the global
warming lobby as proof that we are in a
crisis, and that radical solutions are called for.
Professor Garnaut told a conference of agricultural and resource economists in Cairns that the
crisis for markets will not change the extent of global
warming the world faces, but will delay its onset
by several years.
For those who seek to curtail travel in a feeble attempt to fight global
warming: Given the non-emergency that climate change has thus far proven to be and the real and dire
crises that presently plague the planet, should we also deny transportation (
by aid organizations and concerned citizens) to regions, like the Darfur or Sierra Leone, that require our immediate attention?
* The editorial repeats an old charge
by asserting that «the global - cooling
crisis has become the global -
warming crisis without missing a beat.»
The graph was embraced
by the global
warming lobby as proof that we are in a
crisis, and that radical solutions are called for.
The extinction
crisis that is underway, precipitated
by humanity, is at least equal to global
warming in its potential to destabilize the biosphere — to make the planet less habitable to us and many of our fellow species.
The message would resonate with more people if it were launched during a heat wave or following some other natural calamity that could be blamed on global
warming (which I assume is the global climate
crisis referred to
by video).
A majority of Americans do not consider the climate
crisis to be particularly important: According to a poll carried out in January
by the Pew Research Center, only 30 percent of Americans rated global
warming as a top priority for President Obama.
Of course, there are plenty of older scientists who are enjoying the gravy train of gloval
warming climate
crisis science, but there is also a large percentage who are disgusted
by all the gorging and self - righteousness.
He could certainly earn much more money
by working on other scientific topics or
by identifying himself as supporting the notion of a human - caused global
warming crisis.
IPS: While world leaders were wrapping up the United Nations conference on climate change (COP 18) in Doha, Qatar this past weekend with the annual vague promise to tackle the enormous
crises brought on
by extreme weather and global
warming, a delegation of youth gathered far from the high - level conference halls to say «no» to [continue reading...]
WASHINGTON — In a landmark report experts say fundamentally reshapes our understanding of the global
warming crisis, new data published this week
by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has found that the phenomenon is caused primarily
by the actions of 7 billion key individuals.
The first life might well find it convenient to feed on the still - high CO2 level, eventually creating a global - cooling
crisis by consuming most of it, the opposite of the global -
warming crisis we're creating
by producing lots of CO2.
Even though human civilisation is threatened
by grave environmental
crises and global
warming and many people are scared of impending catastrophe, Resurgence's vision is not driven
by doom and gloom; rather it is inspired and motivated
by love of nature, respect for the earth, reverence for all life and a fair «deal» to all people, believing that the power of love is greater than the force of fear and despair.
It will be a compelling battle to try and replace the mother of all eco-scares — man - made global
warming — but Climate Depot is confident that one of these test - marketed new eco-issues will catch on and you may soon see massive denials from environmentalists and UN officials that claims of a man - made global warming crisis never really existed (echoing the claims that there was no widespread concern about global cooling in the 1970's) See: Spoof: NYT in 2019: Scientists Now Say Global Warming Fears Fading Away — Claim There Never Was Warming Consensus — By Marc
warming — but Climate Depot is confident that one of these test - marketed new eco-issues will catch on and you may soon see massive denials from environmentalists and UN officials that claims of a man - made global
warming crisis never really existed (echoing the claims that there was no widespread concern about global cooling in the 1970's) See: Spoof: NYT in 2019: Scientists Now Say Global Warming Fears Fading Away — Claim There Never Was Warming Consensus — By Marc
warming crisis never really existed (echoing the claims that there was no widespread concern about global cooling in the 1970's) See: Spoof: NYT in 2019: Scientists Now Say Global
Warming Fears Fading Away — Claim There Never Was Warming Consensus — By Marc
Warming Fears Fading Away — Claim There Never Was
Warming Consensus — By Marc
Warming Consensus —
By Marc Morano
(
By Meteorologist Jim Clark of Florida's WZVN - TV ABC 7)-- Excerpt: It was about this time (1990's) that Dr. Bill Gray, the famed hurricane climatologist, began speaking out against the global
warming crisis at the National Hurricane Conferences.
The danger posed
by war to all of humanity - and to our planet - is at least matched
by the climate
crisis and global
warming.
We have loosely grouped the global
warming views of several prominent climate researchers along a scale ranging from those who are convinced global
warming is a man - made
crisis («1») to those who believe that global
warming can be entirely explained
by natural variability («5»).
She will connect the dots for the study group
by examining how the tiny house movement is not only the sustainability imperative at work but also a solution to global
warming and the affordable housing
crisis.
Sound science — supported
by objective, real - world data — indicates humans are not creating a global
warming crisis.
With the IPCC increasingly in the spotlight, the denialists can trivialize the entire environmental
crisis simply
by casting doubt on the scientific consensus on global
warming.
«The translation and publication of Climate Change Reconsidered
by a division of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences follows strong statements
by scientists affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences dissenting from claims that global
warming is either man - made or a
crisis.
When nobody can put anything on them beyond some vague guilt -
by - association charge that could never hold up in a court of law, it then becomes obvious why this global
warming crisis begins to look like it may fall apart.
Additionally, UCS» Sound Science Initiative attempted to discredit the Global
Warming Petition Project, a statement signed by more than 31,000 scientists stating humans are not causing a global warming
Warming Petition Project, a statement signed
by more than 31,000 scientists stating humans are not causing a global
warming warming crisis.
In a nationally televised address reminiscent of President Kennedy's historic 1961 speech pledging to put a man on the moon, President Bush responded to the global
warming crisis Monday
by calling for the construction of a giant national air conditioner
by the year 2015.
16) A Harvard University astrophysicist and geophysicist, Willie Soon, said he is «embarrassed and puzzled»
by the shallow science in papers that support the proposition that the earth faces a climate
crisis caused
by global
warming.
From the 1991 «Ice Campaign» run
by the coal and utility industries to the Marshall Institute's bogus «Study» of 1998 (which was designed to resemble a National Academy of Sciences document) to the recent efforts of ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy to eviscerate efforts to address the climate
crisis, in tandem with the Bush White House, the fossil fuel lobby and its ideological supporters have waged a relentless campaign of deception and disinformation to confuse people about the reality of
warming - driven climate change.
«Without first - class science graduates, how will we understand and deal with the
crises caused
by global
warming?»
It was organized
by The Heartland Institute, headquartered in Chicago, and its primary objective is to «dispute the claim that global
warming is a
crisis.»
As the coming century of global
warming threatens to accelerate the extinction
crisis, we believe the highest and best use of public lands is to provide safe harbor for species
by protecting the ecological systems upon which they and we ultimately depend.
«There are several reasons for the current economic
crisis we're facing in the United States and globally, but a major contributor has been the suppression of energy production and economic activity
by overbearing new regulations, taxes and carbon trading resulting from the misguided belief that anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are causing extraordinary
warming of the planet,» said Minnesota Majority president Jeff Davis.
This is a VERY LOW TCS, whether positive or negative, such that there is NO real global
warming (or cooling *)
crisis caused
by increasing atmospheric CO2.
The fight
by conscientious scientists to elevate the growing
crisis of global
warming into the limelight of concern over the last several years — higher that of the Iraq War and the World Trade Center catastrophe — fits all of those journalistic prerequisites to a tee.
When what is said is that a
crisis causing unprecedented for the last 1000 years
warming is taking place but you also notice a very very similar
warming (determined using thermometers and not
by proxy about 100 years ago a time when the IPCC says it could not be AGW).
Professor Garnaut told a conference of agricultural and resource economists in Cairns that the
crisis for markets will not change the extent of global
warming the world faces, but will delay its onset
by several years.
If you're wondering why Congress has yet to tackle this global
crisis despite overwhelming scientific consensus and ballooning costs of inaction, Think Progress has an interactive map that shows the huge sums of political donations given
by the oil and gas industry alongside which members of Congress deny the realities of global
warming.
Because this issue, this
crisis, has been ignored for so long, the mere mention of the words climate or global
warming by the President is taken as some sort of political victory.
Global
warming and biodiversity
crises are just symptoms triggered
by exceeding the Earth's limits.
The global economic
crisis has pushed the search for a legally binding treaty to limit planet -
warming emissions down the political agenda and countries do not want to lose their competitive edge
by going it alone on strict climate targets, he said.