upi.com - 3/9/2009
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NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) -- Climate change skeptics meeting at an annual conference in New York Monday are showing signs of internal disputes and weakening support, observers say. The three-day International Conference on Climate Change, organized each year by the nonprofit Heartland Institute, ...
noimpactman.typepad.com - 3/12/2009
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noimpactman.typepad.com —
OK, those are strong words for a headline,
and I'll explain, but first, let me beg you...
to forward this email to every New York State resident you know. If you are a NYS resident, please URGENTLY phone your State Senator (instructions below) in ...
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Five New York State Senators who oppose the well-being ...
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DrumBeat: March 9, 2009
The Oil Drum —
... cause temperatures to go up by half a degree.
...Scientists fear that temperature rises above 2C would lead to wars over key resources, including water supplies, falls in crop yields in southern Europe and the spread of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. Almost a third of animal and plant species could become extinct. Warm-water corals are among the species most at risk; animals that will struggle to survive include polar bears and emperor penguins.
Warming skeptics face shrinking support
NEW YORK (UPI) -- Climate change skeptics ...
Deep thought - March 10
Energy Bulletin - —
... understanding how professional scientists, some of them with highly respected careers, turn climate sceptic. She found the largest common factor was a shared sense that they had personally lost prestige and authority as the result of campaigns by liberals and environmentalists. She concluded that their engagement in climate issues "can be understood in part as a struggle to preserve their particular culturally charged understanding of environmental reality." (9 March 2009) Related: Warming skeptics face shrinking support (UPI) ...
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