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scpg02
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
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Location: Sacramento
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 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject: It's time for a bolder move on climate change |
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Editorial: It's time for a bolder move on climate change
Sens. Boxer and Feinstein and Rep. Pelosi could move the U.S. forward dramatically
Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Story appeared in EDITORIALS section, Page B6
| Quote: | Skeptics of global warming are now working overtime to discredit and divert attention from the latest worrisome news about the planet's feverish climate.
Scientists have learned that warmer winds and temperatures are melting the Arctic ice cap much faster than expected. The meltdown has exposed 1 million square miles of open water in the Arctic, about the size of six Californias. To get a sense of the scope, go to The New York Times Web site, click on "science," and view the interactive graphic that accompanies Andrew C. Revkin's story, "Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts."
In a flurry of op-eds and sound bites, the skeptics will tell you this melt-off is natural and just a prelude to a period of cooling.
Don't believe it. Respected scientific institutions, ranging from the National Academy of Sciences to the British Royal Society, agree that man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases are heating up the atmosphere. The melt-off of polar ice sheets is just one symptom of this fever, which is expected to lead to ever-higher sea levels, more intense storms and other devastating consequences.
The question now is whether Congress will stand up to fossil fuel industries that continue to try to deny and delay. A triumvirate of congresswomen from California -- Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- could be instrumental in ensuring Congress doesn't waste another year in enacting meaningful climate legislation.
Boxer, who chairs the Senate Environment Committee, has co-sponsored S. 309, the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act. The bill calls for a 15 percent reduction in greenhouse emissions by 2020 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050. The bill complements California's law and is in line with what many scientists say is needed to forestall the worst impacts of global warming.
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http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/421529.html
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John L
Joined: 03 Nov 2007
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If this is "moving forward" I'll take a pass on it.
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