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The EPA Silences a Climate Skeptic
Wall Street Journal ^ | July 3, 2009

Posted on 07/03/2009 6:02:41 AM PDT by reaganaut1

Wherever Jim Hansen is right now -- whatever speech the "censored" NASA scientist is giving -- perhaps he'll find time to mention the plight of Alan Carlin. Though don't count on it.

Mr. Hansen, as everyone in this solar system knows, is the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Starting in 2004, he launched a campaign against the Bush administration, claiming it was censoring his global-warming thoughts and fiddling with the science. It was all a bit of a hoot, given Mr. Hansen was already a world-famous devotee of the theory of man-made global warming, a reputation earned with some 1,400 speeches he'd given, many while working for Mr. Bush. But it gave Democrats a fun talking point, one the Obama team later picked up.

So much so that one of President Barack Obama's first acts was a memo to agencies demanding new transparency in government, and science. The nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lisa Jackson, joined in, exclaiming, "As administrator, I will ensure EPA's efforts to address the environmental crises of today are rooted in three fundamental values: science-based policies and program, adherence to the rule of law, and overwhelming transparency." In case anyone missed the point, Mr. Obama took another shot at his predecessors in April, vowing that "the days of science taking a backseat to ideology are over."

Except, that is, when it comes to Mr. Carlin, a senior analyst in the EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics and a 35-year veteran of the agency. In March, the Obama EPA prepared to engage the global-warming debate in an astounding new way, by issuing an "endangerment" finding on carbon. It establishes that carbon is a pollutant, and thereby gives the EPA the authority to regulate it -- even if Congress doesn't act.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: alancarlin; epa; globalwarming; hansen; jimhansen; nasa

1 posted on 07/03/2009 6:02:41 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: steelyourfaith; xcamel

global warming ping


2 posted on 07/03/2009 6:03:04 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1

Thought police.


3 posted on 07/03/2009 6:06:52 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: reaganaut1

Stalin would be proud.

Pray for America


4 posted on 07/03/2009 6:08:08 AM PDT by bray (Rope & Chains)
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To: reaganaut1

Obama, like Clinton, made many promises yet kept few.

Remember the press being astounded at Bush keeping his promises?

Why is this such an easy lesson for us to know, but one most Americans forget?


5 posted on 07/03/2009 6:09:35 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: reaganaut1
Blowhard liberals haven't been "censored" in years.

They ARE the establishment.

And they're the biggest more intolerant bullies this country has ever had as an establishment.

6 posted on 07/03/2009 6:11:19 AM PDT by GOPJ ( When a gay 'village' sells black children & hides pedophiles they're mouth breathers, NOT "A-list".)
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To: reaganaut1
Uh... read the most recent paper on his site: http://carlineconomics.googlepages.com/CarlinWhy.pdf He's not a "global warming skeptic", he's worried that the effects of AGW may be much worse that current consensus projections, and that the only way to control it will be massive engineering projects to to reduce the amount amount of solar radiation reaching the earth in order to contract the effects of increasing levels of greenhouse gasses.
7 posted on 07/03/2009 6:21:53 AM PDT by M. Dodge Thomas
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To: reaganaut1

8 posted on 07/03/2009 6:43:58 AM PDT by Howie (Obama lies, America dies, one stupid law at a time.)
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To: reaganaut1

Mr. Carlin, has shone a light on what many already knew. They have been hiding much of the skeptical evedince. He doesn’t think carbon is the reason as his graphs prove it is not. In 2006, we were told it was the hottest summer on record. We found out later that was not true it was the 5th hottest. Yes, NASA had collected temps at different time of the day. That little mistake had changed the data. Skewed it to fit their model. In 2008, they went back and refigured when the error had been noticed. That however, was not greeted with the same fanfare. It went unpublicized no mention in the media. Why? It dispells fear mongering, which what this religion is based upon.
I heard a comment from someone about artic ice. I heard that same comment about antartic ice except that wasn’t entirely true. The Wilkins Shelf which is 1/4 the size of the Ross Sea had some melting, but that was at a normal rate. The Ross Sea region is cooling, and expanding as we write. You hear about the Polar Bears, but one of the foremost experts was barred from speaking. He was going to say in Copenhagen, that Polar Bear populations are increasing. That there might be warming, but carbon has nothing to do with this. It is more likely to be a product of oceans, and winds across the continent.
The one thing you can blow a giant hole in all Global Warming Theory. Where is the hot spot in the upper atmosphere that should be there if this were happening. That was what they pointed to as proof. It is not there and no amount of BS can say it is!


9 posted on 07/03/2009 6:46:15 AM PDT by wbones8765 ("Give me liberty or give me death")
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To: M. Dodge Thomas

Why can’t Jim Hanson go back to doing what he always did best:

BOSSING THE MUPPETS!!


10 posted on 07/03/2009 6:46:59 AM PDT by Huebolt
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To: M. Dodge Thomas

I’ve seen his paper and I’m pretty sure he’s moved on since then. At the very least, he wants an honest assessment of the actual science, something vary rare in official circles, witness the hatchet job being done on him now.


11 posted on 07/03/2009 6:49:37 AM PDT by Nipfan (The desire to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it - H L Mencken)
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To: wbones8765

Can you please link me to an article about your topic! The polar ice cap and the polar bears have been chief in my discussions with several I am trying to convince to take another look at the global warming ....scam.

Thank you very much.


12 posted on 07/03/2009 7:04:14 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

I will have to look where I found the article but I believe it was a british paper.


13 posted on 07/03/2009 7:08:59 AM PDT by wbones8765 ("Give me liberty or give me death")
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/5664069/Polar-bear-expert-barred-by-global-warmists.html


14 posted on 07/03/2009 7:11:15 AM PDT by wbones8765 ("Give me liberty or give me death")
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To: wbones8765

That’s it! Thank you very much!


15 posted on 07/03/2009 8:03:25 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: reaganaut1

As we know, the debate is over, the science is settled — we have moved to solutions enforcement strategies now.

See this tidbit from W.H.O. and their Healthy Planet team:

“There is also evidence that the health sector’s energy use and resulting toxic emissions undermine the health of the very communities the sector is meant to serve. On the basis of estimates
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States health sector’s 73 billion kWh “conventional”
electricity use adds over US$ 600 million per year in increased health costs – including increases in asthma, respiratory
illness and hospital emergency department visits. In addition,
the United States health sector’s 341 trillion BTUs (or British thermal units) for heat and cooling contributes to even more polluting emissions, adding billions of dollars more in health-care bills and hundreds of billions more in indirect costs to society.”


16 posted on 07/03/2009 9:22:29 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

your welcome!!


17 posted on 07/03/2009 9:28:01 AM PDT by wbones8765 ("Give me liberty or give me death")
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To: reaganaut1; Little Bill; IrishCatholic; Normandy; According2RecentPollsAirIsGood; ...
Thanx !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

18 posted on 07/06/2009 10:56:21 AM PDT by steelyourfaith ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" - Lady Thatcher)
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