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dead man walking wrote:the risk to the u.s. coast from rising sea levels is just one example of what is likely in store for modern civilization. when people dismiss climate change, to my mind they ignore the obvious costs we will face. i have no personal stake in coastal real estate. i could care less if it all was swept away by rising tides. i'll bet, though, that those who do own oceanfront property will demand help when their investment is about to wash away. (we already subsidize insurance for coastal properties.)

the risks are probably greater in low-lying countries like bangladesh. across the globe, the disruptions resulting from drought and possible food shortages could be staggering. these are just some of the problems modern society could face.

the planet itself will do just fine. some species may go extinct. others will adapt. my part of the world now has possums where 20 years ago none were around. i know because i see the road kill. the fucking ticks have definitely gotten thicker. the forest cover here is likely to be different in a century or three--more oak, less maple--but there will still be forest. (the ash will be gone, but that's because of a foreign invader.)

climate change won't be a natural disaster any more than a hurricane is a natural disaster. the disaster will result from the effect on our things.

dead man walking wrote:the risk to the u.s. coast from rising sea levels is just one example of what is likely in store for modern civilization. when people dismiss climate change, to my mind they ignore the obvious costs we will face. i have no personal stake in coastal real estate. i could care less if it all was swept away by rising tides. i'll bet, though, that those who do own oceanfront property will demand help when their investment is about to wash away. (we already subsidize insurance for coastal properties.)

the risks are probably greater in low-lying countries like bangladesh. across the globe, the disruptions resulting from drought and possible food shortages could be staggering. these are just some of the problems modern society could face.

the planet itself will do just fine. some species may go extinct. others will adapt. my part of the world now has possums where 20 years ago none were around. i know because i see the road kill. the fucking ticks have definitely gotten thicker. the forest cover here is likely to be different in a century or three--more oak, less maple--but there will still be forest. (the ash will be gone, but that's because of a foreign invader.)

climate change won't be a natural disaster any more than a hurricane is a natural disaster. the disaster will result from the effect on our things.

Stanford University announced Tuesday that it would divest its $18.7 billion endowment of stock in coal-mining companies, becoming the first major university to lend support to a nationwide campaign to purge endowments and pension funds of fossil fuel investments.

The university said it acted in accordance with internal guidelines that allow its trustees to consider whether “corporate policies or practices create substantial social injury” when choosing investments. Coal’s status as a major source of carbon pollution linked to climate change persuaded the trustees to remove companies “whose principal business is coal” from their investment portfolio, the university said.

dead man walking wrote:by the way, did you see that co2 in the atmosphere reached 402 ppm this week, the highest level ever recorded?

dead man walking wrote:

Stanford University announced Tuesday that it would divest its $18.7 billion endowment of stock in coal-mining companies, becoming the first major university to lend support to a nationwide campaign to purge endowments and pension funds of fossil fuel investments.

The university said it acted in accordance with internal guidelines that allow its trustees to consider whether “corporate policies or practices create substantial social injury” when choosing investments. Coal’s status as a major source of carbon pollution linked to climate change persuaded the trustees to remove companies “whose principal business is coal” from their investment portfolio, the university said.

dead man walking wrote:the term "political correctness" is simply a rhetorical device to trivialize an important decision.

the OIG conducted an investigation into serious misconduct by another EPA manager who allowed an employee to stay at home and not report for duty for several years. Based on a long-standing arrangement with the employee (which allegedly began as an accommodation to work at home due to a medical condition), this EPA manager not only entered fraudulent time-and-attendance records for the absent employee but also approved the same fraudulent records. It is estimated that the manager’s approval of fraudulent time-and-attendance records cost the government more than $500,000. Even more egregious is that this EPA manager authored and approved exemplary performance appraisals that resulted in a cash award for the absent employee.
During the same investigation, the OIG also found evidence that implicated a senior executive.
This senior executive, who was the absent employee’s prior supervisor, remained aware that the employee had been teleworking for more than 20 years with very little substantive work product to show during this time. The senior executive knew about the arrangement between the employee’s current supervisor and the absent employee. This senior executive took no action, even though he knew the EPA was being defrauded. Upon receiving a target letter from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the senior executive retired and was not prosecuted. Furthermore, the DOJ declined to prosecute either the absent employee or the current supervisor

A globally-renowned climate scientist has been forced to step down from a think-tank after he was subjected to 'Mc-Carthy'-style pressure from scientists around the world.

Professor Lennart Bengtsson, 79, a leading academic from the University of Reading, left the high-profile Global Warming Policy Foundation as a result of the threats, which he described as 'virtually unbearable'.

The group was set up by former Tory Chancellor Lord Lawson and are sceptical about radical policy changes aimed at combating global warming.

Global warming: it's a point of no return in West Antarctica. What happens next?
Last week saw a 'holy shit' moment in climate change science. A landmark report revealed that the collapse of a large part of Antarctica is now unstoppable

June 24 (Bloomberg) -- Hank Paulson, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, talks . . . about the risks posed to the U.S. and global economies by climate change and his suggested steps for preparing a defense and changing the attitudes of business and the government towards climate change.

The U.S. economy faces losses that may run into the hundreds of billions of dollars this century as the changing climate erodes coasts and threatens agriculture, according to a report today by a bipartisan group of political and financial leaders. . . .

The risks posed by climate change are “much more perverse and cruel than they were in the financial crisis,” Paulson said at an event in New York today. “We’re hoping that business will unite and be more active in pressing for policy change from the federal government.” Paulson was treasury secretary during the 2008 financial crisis.

Turdacious wrote:The author of a much-quoted 1975 Newsweek article predicting catastrophic global cooling now says it was a big mistake and the earth was warming all along.

The sky is falling! uh... the sky is rising!

dead man walking wrote:when it comes to climate, turd is a trolling gnat, appearing with a slightly annoying buzz but no sting

Turdacious wrote:

dead man walking wrote:when it comes to climate, turd is a trolling gnat, appearing with a slightly annoying buzz but no sting

Conclusive data doesn't require fudging, neither does good science. But be careful with that Bloomberg study-- you can only have 21 oz. of koolaid with it.