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"An independent review cleared scientists involved in 'climate gate' scandal"


The energy bill is not going to have cap & trade, and instead be more focused on for key areas:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/23/senate.climate.change.bill/index.html?iref=allsearch

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"Senate's top Democrat to introduce scaled-down energy bill "Many of us want to do a thorough, comprehensive bill that creates jobs, breaks our addiction to foreign oil and curbs pollution," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters Thursday. "Unfortunately, this time we don't have a single Republican to work with in achieving this goal." Reid had promised to bring a bill to the Senate floor by the August recess. The Nevada Democrat said he will put four requirements in the new bill: • Holding BP accountable to "ensure that they clean up their mess" in the Gulf of Mexico and to deal with "things like this that happen in the future." • Lessening the country's dependence on foreign oil by investing in the manufacturing of natural gas vehicles -- mainly big trucks. • Adding an energy efficiency program that he said creates jobs and lowers consumers' energy costs. • Putting money back into the land and water conservation fund. Reid said all four of the requirements have bipartisan support. But most notably absent from Reid's scaled-down bill? The so-called cap-and-trade provision. Climate change legislation stalled in the Senate after the House of Representatives passed its own energy bill last year. The House plan included a cap-and-trade system in which a price is set for greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, and polluters can obtain and trade credits for emissions over a set threshold. Republicans are against such a plan. Oil and coal producers also oppose a cap-and-trade system, but supporters say it is the best way to start to reduce the nation's dependence on fossil fuels."

Also, people who think & the media who reports climate change as real when its hot & fake when its cold are idiots (& global warming & climate change have different, albeit related meanings).

And after last years shindig in Copenhagen, they've declared next year in Cancún!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference

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"The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Cancún, Mexico"

7/25/2010 4:28:16 AM

Russia's Heat Wave Changed Stance on Climate Change

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"Russians are not used to heat waves. When the high temperatures that have overwhelmed Russia over the past six weeks first arrived in June, some 1,200 Russians drowned at the country's beaches. "The majority of those who drowned were drunk," the Emergencies Ministry concluded in mid-July, citing the Russian habit of taking vodka to cool off by the sea. But while overconsumption of vodka is a familiar scourge in Russia, extreme heat is not, and as the worst heat wave on record spawns wildfires that are destroying entire villages, Russian officials have made what for them is a startling admission: global warming is very real. "

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599200808100

8/3/2010 12:20:08 PM

ok i feel wrong at laughing at that.. haha

8/3/2010 1:18:04 PM

Epic flooding in Texas, probably will end up with 50+ people dead

7/5/2025 3:09:07 PM

Texas just HAS to do catastrophic flooding bigger than NC, because we all know EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas. . .

7/6/2025 8:30:17 PM

heard they rescued a couple girls who had been 30 feet up in a tree for 3 days

7/6/2025 10:37:05 PM

Man talk about a perfect storm of shit luck on location, timing etc. Of course more ppl there anyways due to holiday etc

7/6/2025 11:44:53 PM

on every story i see about these deaths i see multiple people say "drill baby drill." can someone explain this to me? i dont get it and it makes me feel stupid.

7/7/2025 12:40:11 PM

^I believe it was Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign that originally said, "Drill Baby, Drill" in opposition to people concerned about oil and its effect on climate change.

Just checked, evidently it was first said by Michael Steele. I think Palin was really the one who popularized it, though.

7/8/2025 12:38:52 AM