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.
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Has "Global Warming" ever been about anything else?
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.
Yes, it was surprisingly objective considering the source.
Even got in some words about a “partial recovery” of the arctic ice.
Cheers.
Yep... seems like alot of these goofballs think they can play God.
Check out the increasing Arctic ice extent.
Now that's momentum.
Snow at my house yesterday - on the last day of summer. Earliest first snow of the season in over 5 years...
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