(names listed below including Michael Mann) in April 2012 apparently is unaware of the
to solve other problems. Tom Nelson reports:
because it can just tell the state government to go away all the time..."," Tom Nelson
"Changing the Moral Climate on Climate Change - YouTube A free presentation given on April 30, 2012 at 101 Thomas Bldg. on Penn State's University Park Campus to a live audience.
At the 1:57 mark, "PSU expert" Peter Buckland says "[Penn State is] arguably the most powerful institution in the state of Pennsylvania, maybe more powerful than the state government, because it can just tell the state government to go away all the time. When you have a university that powerful, the statement that you know like ...climate change is real, we have people that tell us that it is real, and we have to take meaningful action,
- that pushes other institutions to do things.
If you have coalitions of every major research university in the country, saying that and broadcasting it very clearly and then embedding it in everything they do,
- it will change the civil-,
- it will change the society."
Confronting The Climate Change Denial Machine - Mike Mann & 4 other PSU experts discuss AGW Politics
Peter Buckland, A.B.D. in Educational Theory and Policy [and co-host of
"Sustainability Now Radio"]"
From You Tube
post on the above Penn State event:
"FROM THE FLYER:
"
There's a difference between skepticism and deception.We take on
climate change,
justice, psychology, and the
need for PSU [Penn State University] to take on climate change
and combat climate change denial to defend democracy....
"INDIVIDUAL PANELISTS & LINKS FOR PRESENTATIONS:
Dr. (Juris) Donald Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j1AIQwfWts#t=4m58sPeter Buckland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j1AIQwfWts#t=25m25sDr. Janet Swim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j1AIQwfWts#t=41m21sDr. Rick Schuhman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j1AIQwfWts#t=57m13sDr. Michael Mannhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j1AIQwfWts#t=82m28sAudience Q & A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j1AIQwfWts#t=112m55sPENN STATE SPONSORS: Science, Technology and Society Program, Center for Sustainability, Campus Sustainability Office, Rock Ethics Institute, Natural Resources and Environment Program, Sustainable Agriculture Club, Sustainability Now Radio
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS: Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future,
Sierra Club Moshannon,
Sierra Club Pennsylvania,
Sierra Club Moshannon,
National Wildlife Federation, Voices of Central PA, PennEnvironment, PennFUTURE, Juniata Valley
Audubon Society, Centre County
Democrats, Interfaith Coalition on the Environment, Pennsylvania
Interfaith Power & Light, Pennsylvanians for Clean Air and Water, Elk County C.A.R.E.S., and the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium
(PERC)."
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Ed. note: Even
the NY Times has observed that
US CO2 emissions have dropped steadily
since at least 2006 and are going
lower. Conversely,
other countries' CO2 hasn't dropped,This isn't to say
US federal and
state governments haven't become
partners with the 'climate' industry.
Trillions have been taken from US taxpayers for climate expenses via agency
budget allocations, tax
subsidies, diversion of
US military to climate and
green projects, countless
federal regulations, vast sums shipped out in
foreign aid for 'climate' endeavors, etc.
Devoting 13 federal agencies to 'climate' matters is hardly a lack of action! In fact,
Global Warming 'action' was institutionalized in US government in 1990 by George Bush the 1st. So, 22 years after that...congratulations,
a big win! Penn State panelists among others wanted the US to knock down CO2 production and it did. The US
even exports fuel now!
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7/15/12, "
Recession Special: Cleaner Air," NY Times, Matthew Wald
"What the government has not mandated, the economy is doing on its own: emissions of global warming gases in the United States are down.
According to the Energy Department, carbon dioxide emissions peaked in this country in 2005 and will not reach that level again until the early 2020s."...
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US CO2 has dropped steeply and is going lower:
6/26/12, "The Incredible Shrinking Carbon Pollution Forecast - Part 2," switchboard.nrdc.org, Dan Lashof
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6/29/12, "US Carbon Output Forecasts Shrink Again," American Interest, Walter Russell Mead
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6/4/12, "Climate change stunner: USA leads world in CO2 cuts since 2006," Vancouver Observer, Saxifrage
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6/22/12, "U.S. cuts greenhouse gases despite do-nothing Congress," CNN, Steve Hargreaves
"Even factoring in a stronger economy, forecasters see greenhouse gas emissions continuing to fall."...
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4/21/12, "Why [CO2] Emissions Are Declining in the U.S. But Not in Europe," by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, newgeography.com
"As we note below in a new article for Yale360, a funny thing happened: U.S. emissions started going down in 2005 and are expected to decline further over the next decade."
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11/23/11, "Europe's $287 billion carbon 'waste': UBS report," The Australian, by Sid Maher
"SWISS banking giant UBS says the European Union's emissions trading scheme has cost the continent's consumers $287 billion for "almost zero impact" on cutting carbon emissions."...EU CO2 trading provided "windfall profits" to participants paid for by "electricity customers.""
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4/23/12, "'I made a mistake': Gaia theory scientist James Lovelock admits he was 'alarmist' about the impact of climate change," UK Daily Mail, L. Warren
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7/16/10, "Carbon Trading Used as Money-Laundering Front," Jakarta Globe
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10/8/10, "Murder on the Carbon Express: Interpol Takes On Emissions Fraud," Mother Jones, M. Schapiro
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5/6/12, "US Leads EU in CO2 Reductions," Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
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A 2011 report noted EIA results through 2009, US CO2 emissions
dropped steadily since 1999. If, hypothetically, US temperatures have been on the increase, they couldn't possibly be related to US carbon dioxide emissions:
4/14/11,
"Biggest Drop in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions," World Climate Report
"
In 2009, greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. experienced their biggest drop since the U.S. Energy Information Administration began tracking them during the 1990-2009 timeframe."
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1/25/2009, "Global warming industry becomes too big to fail," Timothy Carney, Washington Examiner---------------------------------------------------------
8/23/11, "The Alarming Cost Of Climate Change Hysteria," Forbes, Larry Bell
"The Small Business Administration estimates that compliance with such regulations costs the U.S. economy more than $1.75 trillion per year — about 12%-14% of GDP, and half of the $3.456 trillion Washington is currently spending. The Competitive Enterprise Institute believes the annual cost is closer to $1.8 trillion when an estimated $55.4 billion regulatory administration and policing budget is included."...
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8/10/11, "
U.S. Army Creates Renewables Office: Billions to Be Spent," GreenTechMedia.com
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11/21/11, "Analysis: U.S. government a tenuous beachhead for biofuel firms," Reuters
"The U.S. military has emerged as a key ally for fledgling producers of non-food-based biofuels."...
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A few examples of climate cash sought in 2011:
1/11/11, "Big Money in Climate Change: Who Gives, Who Gets," Al Fin
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CRS says congress may want to consider that global warming isn't happening anyway.
3/26/12, "Obama Requests $770 Million to Fight Global Warming Overseas," CNS News, Matt Cover
"The Obama administration has requested $770 million in federal funds to combat the effects of global warming in developing countries, a new congressional report details, continuing its policy of using foreign aid to combat the effects of global warming in the developing world.
The figure, from a recent report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), shows that despite another year of $1 trillion deficits, the Obama administration continues to pursue its policy of using foreign aid funds for anti-global warming measures – known as the Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI).
According to CRS, the government has spent a total of $2.5 billion on GCCI since 2010 on overseas anti-global warming efforts in Latin America, Asia, and Africa."...
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And, "Only 12% (of net US petroleum imports) came from Saudi Arabia last year, down from nearly 19% in 1993."...
12/16/11, "Oil boomlet sweeps U.S. as exports and production rise," USA Today, Wendy Koch
"The U.S. exported more oil-based fuels than it imported in the first nine months of this year, making it likely that 2011 will be the first time since 1949 that the nation is a net exporter of such goods, primarily diesel....
"It's dramatic. It's transformative," Edward Morse, a former senior U.S. energy official who now directs global commodities research at Citigroup, says of the historic shifts. He says the U.S. is importing a smaller share — 49% in 2010, down from 60% in 2005 — of the oil it uses, adding: "We're moving toward energy independence.""...
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11/30/11, "U.S. Nears Milestone: Net Fuel Exporter," Wall St. Journal, by L. Pleven, R. Gold
"U.S. exports of gasoline, diesel and other oil-based fuels are soaring, putting the nation on track to be a net exporter of petroleum products in 2011
for the first time in 62 years.
A combination of booming demand from emerging markets and faltering domestic activity means the U.S. is exporting more fuel than it imports,
- upending the historical norm.
According to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Tuesday, the U.S. sent abroad 753.4 million barrels of everything from gasoline to jet fuel in the first nine months of this year, while it imported 689.4 million barrels."...
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7/28/10, "
The secrets 10 states and Wall Street don't want you to know," by Mark Lagerkvist, NJ Watchdog
""
Secrecy and greed are polluting the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the nation’s first
- mandatory cap-and-trade system.
Under the RGGI scheme, the smell of profiteering is powerful. New Jersey and nine other Northeast states have sold
The bidders at RGGI auctions include Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan Chase and other Wall Street heavyweights."...---------------------------------------------------
7/02/09, "The Great American Bubble Machine: How Goldman Sachs has Engineered Every Major Market Manipulation Since the Great Depression," Rolling Stone, by Matt Taibbi
"A groundbreaking new commodities bubble,
The new
carbon-credit market is a virtual repeat of
the commodities-market casino that's been kind to Goldman, If the plan goes forward as expected, the rise in prices
- will be government-mandated.
- Goldman won't even have to rig the game.
It will be rigged in advance."...
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Ed. note: The topic of
'US-caused catastrophic climate change' alleged by Penn State is as relevant today as steel mills in the rust belt. Penn State will find new ways to corral
US taxpayer millions.
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