Posted on 12/18/2008 11:33:43 AM PST by presidio9
When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can't avoid. Since Clinton's inauguration, summer Arctic sea ice has lost the equivalent of Alaska, California and Texas. The 10 hottest years on record have occurred since Clinton's second inauguration. Global warming is accelerating. Time is close to running out, and Obama knows it.
"The time for delay is over; the time for denial is over," he said Tuesday after meeting with former Vice President Al Gore, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming. "We all believe what the scientists have been telling us for years now that this is a matter of urgency and national security and it has to be dealt with in a serious way."
But there are powerful political and economic realities that must be quickly overcome for Obama to succeed. Despite the urgency he expresses, it's not at all clear that he and Congress will agree on an approach during a worldwide financial crisis in time to meet some of the more crucial deadlines.
Obama is pushing changes in the way Americans
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How many lies can they wrap in one article to instill fear? They seem to be going for the record.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit
Global warming?! Tell that to the people in Las Vegas! :)
You’d think Obama would be FOR global warming...gives him more water to walk on.
LOL!!!! I was just about to reply with the exact same phrase!
are they aware that the pacific is the coldest it has been for many years.?
the antarctic is the biggest it has ever been with ice in history?
are they aware that the earth has cooled over the last 6 years?
I do wish the AP and the rest of the media would tell all the story about this subject instead of dissecting the story to suit their own needs
These idiots have yet to see the REAL global warming they are headed for....
Don't worry. If he doesn't meet the "crucial deadlines", the MSM will ask for an extension so that he can meet them in his second administration. /s
This is in the face of conclusive evidence to the contrary. Make no mistake; those who promote the fight against GW aren't doing it for the environment. They are doing it as a means to further destroy the ability for America to remain a World financial leader. It's a bigger fraud than what we've seen come to light in our financial crisis. And anyone, Al Gore, anyone, who is on the GW bandwagon is a foe of America. Anyone.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I thought Mr. Obama mentioned that he wanted to recognize and plan according to SCIENCE the other day?
Does this apply only to some scientific THEORIES?
Tackling global warming? Wonderful! Southern California needs some right now.
Is that why more than 600+ scientists have come out in the last week or so & called GW BS?
"We're out of time," Stanford University biologist Terry Root said. "Things are going extinct."
Go chase yourself, Professot Nut Root. So, when things DON'T go extinct...then what?
Global warming is a scam, period.
not too mention last year the southern hemisphere had pone of the coldest winters for many years.
It has been freezing around the country this year and we had a lousy summer in most parts.
Snow had fallen in places like Malibu
the only way to combat this now it seems is to get our children into journalism, media, teachers, judges,etc
Great minds think alike!!
Global Warming?? tell that to the people in the Antelope Valley(Including Lancaster and Palmdale) it was even snowing in NORTHRIDGE yesterday!! NORTHRIDGE!!
Traces on the ground in Malibu, California as well...
Yep, we’re toast!
That ‘ten hottest years crap’ was shot down earlier in the year, yet they’re still spouting it.
This is our nation’s largest threat at the moment. PC speak is going to destroy it if we don’t put these assholes in their place but quick!
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