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As U.N. Meets on Climate, Momentum Is Elusive
The New York Times ^ | September 21, 2009 | ANDREW C. REVKIN

Posted on 09/22/2009 3:05:07 AM PDT by StACase

As U.N. Meets on Climate, Momentum Is Elusive

By ANDREW C. REVKIN Published: September 21, 2009

The world leaders who are meeting at the United Nations to discuss climate change on Tuesday, are faced with an intricate challenge: building momentum for an international climate treaty at a time when global temperatures have been stable for a decade and may even drop in the next few years.

The plateau in temperatures has been seized upon by skeptics as evidence that the threat of global warming is overblown. And some climate experts worry that it could hamper treaty negotiations and slow the progress of legislation to curb carbon dioxide emissions in the United States.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming
I love this part:

Has "Global Warming" ever been about anything else?

1 posted on 09/22/2009 3:05:08 AM PDT by StACase
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Beam me to Planet Gore !

2 posted on 09/22/2009 3:07:53 AM PDT by steelyourfaith ("Power is not alluring to pure minds." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: StACase
global temperatures have been stable for a decade and may even drop in the next few years

A lot of NYT devotees are going to spew their coffee on this ; even cast with negative spin, the truth has wormed its way into the fantasy apple.

3 posted on 09/22/2009 3:25:23 AM PDT by gusopol3
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Yes, it was surprisingly objective considering the source.

Even got in some words about a “partial recovery” of the arctic ice.

Cheers.


4 posted on 09/22/2009 3:42:48 AM PDT by Eurotwit
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Yep... seems like alot of these goofballs think they can play God.


5 posted on 09/22/2009 3:46:34 AM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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Momentum, huh? I'll tell you what has some momentum now....

Check out the increasing Arctic ice extent.

Now that's momentum.

6 posted on 09/22/2009 3:58:34 AM PDT by CanaGuy (Go Harper!)
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FReepmail me to get on or off

Ping me if you find one I've missed.



7 posted on 09/22/2009 4:05:20 AM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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Snow at my house yesterday - on the last day of summer. Earliest first snow of the season in over 5 years...


8 posted on 09/22/2009 4:43:44 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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