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Leonardo DiCaprio Tells U.N. That Climate Change Crisis Is Now Beyond Personal Choices
newsbusters.org ^ | 9/23/2014 | Randy Hall |

Posted on 09/24/2014 7:05:29 AM PDT by rktman

During the United Nations Climate Action Summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Tuesday, Leonardo DiCaprio -- who was recently named the “Messenger of Peace” for the international organization -- told those in attendance that it's “time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet. … You can make history or be vilified by it.”

“To be clear, this is not about just telling people to change their light bulbs or to buy a hybrid car,” DiCaprio said. “This disaster has grown beyond the choices that individuals make. This is now about our industries and governments around the world taking decisive, large-scale action.”

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To: rktman

Idiot hasn’t given up his private jet yet? What about all those disposable diapers and pull ups they use on their kids? They take 500 yrs to decompose in the land fills. Takes a long time for that cup from Starbucks to decompose too. What about his gas guzzling cars? Do you recycle, collect rain water in barrels to water your mansions lawn and gardens?

My middle class neighbor has his whole lawn and garden on rain water, and he recycles.

We take all the stuff our city will let us recycle down to the bins. No home collection. Grass clippings are mulched into the lawn.


41 posted on 09/24/2014 7:32:00 AM PDT by GailA (IF you fail to keep your promises to the Military, you won't keep them to Citizens!)
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To: jsanders2001
I liked (past tense) him as an actor. He was pretty good at it. He played characters that were mostly good, but a little slimy well...and now I see why.

"Wolf of Wall Street" was a good movie, but I only needed to see it once. I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, but by the end of the movie I'd seen enough F-Words, drugs and naked women for a good while.

42 posted on 09/24/2014 7:32:13 AM PDT by wbill
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To: rktman

“Beyond personal choices” translates as “stop hassling me about my yachts and private jets”.


43 posted on 09/24/2014 7:32:44 AM PDT by denydenydeny ("World History is not full of good governments, or of good voters either "--P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: dfwgator

I think he just borrows it or charters it


44 posted on 09/24/2014 7:33:47 AM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: rktman

The only reason why he is rich and famous is that he has a baby face and a talented hairdresser.
Behind that baby face is a fascist, willing to force the citizens to comply with his leftist agenda.
Of course, he would not comply, since he is a member of the elite.


45 posted on 09/24/2014 7:37:19 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: rktman

DiCaprio is on the payroll of OPEC


46 posted on 09/24/2014 7:41:08 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: skeeter

I never liked the guy and avoid his movies but by what sleight of hand did Leonardo Decaprio suddenly become a climate spokesman for the UN? I’m guessing that means they don’t really have anybody with credentials pushing this nonsense anymore.


47 posted on 09/24/2014 7:44:10 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: rktman
DiCaprio Gives Rousing Climate Change Speech At UN

Then Flies To One Of His 5 luxury Homes In His Personal Jet


48 posted on 09/24/2014 7:48:45 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: fatnotlazy
I used to be a fan. Now you won’t be able to pay me to see another of your films.

Same here ... well, I might fish one of his movies out of the discount bin some day, but only to add to his depredation.

49 posted on 09/24/2014 7:49:36 AM PDT by The Duke
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To: Georgia Girl 2

When they bring out the movie stars they think we’ll all fall into line.


50 posted on 09/24/2014 7:50:21 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: rktman

“To be clear, this is not about just telling people to change their light bulbs or to buy a hybrid car,” DiCaprio said. “This disaster has grown beyond the choices that individuals make. This is now about our industries and governments around the world taking decisive, large-scale action.”

I see his statement about individual choices having no bearing means he can keep jetting around between stops on his super yacht.


51 posted on 09/24/2014 7:51:35 AM PDT by OpusatFR (I did make that. No one else did the work.)
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To: rktman

52 posted on 09/24/2014 7:56:58 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: rktman

The UN and Hollywood. “I’ll take what are the 2 most corrupt and useless groups on the planet for $500 Alex....”


53 posted on 09/24/2014 7:57:08 AM PDT by Envisioning (My desire to be well informed is at odds with my desire to remain sane....)
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To: dead

Ummm- kids in the ghetto have section 8 housing which is paid for by the taxpayer.


54 posted on 09/24/2014 8:03:00 AM PDT by petercooper ("I was for letting people keep their health insurance, before I wasn't". --- Barack Obama)
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To: rktman

This clown is living proof that, in Amerika, even morons can get rich.


55 posted on 09/24/2014 8:12:20 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: dfwgator
Guess he'll have to give up his yacht, then.

The Topaz is not his. It's owned by a middle-eastern billionaire. He did stay on it at the World Cup, which I'm certain he traveled to in a private jet.

56 posted on 09/24/2014 8:16:44 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: tomkat

I don’t normally go for name calling, but in this case you nailed the moron to the core. I don’t fear De Caprio; I fear the morons who are using him.


57 posted on 09/24/2014 8:26:13 AM PDT by navymom1
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To: Ditter

My favorite part in Titanic.
58 posted on 09/24/2014 8:26:33 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: rktman

You first, pretty boy.

Give up your 200 foot yacht. Give up your 100 room mansion. Give up your private planes.

“beyond personal choices”, what a dishonest little stinking Marxist.


59 posted on 09/24/2014 8:28:07 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: rktman

THE LIES OF GLOBAL WARMISTS

“‘Excessively high temperatures’ are ‘already’ harming public health nationwide…“
– Barack Obama, Nov. 1, 2013

http://cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/craig-bannister/executive-order-excessively-high-temperatures-already-harming-public

——————–
1947:
International Agency Needed To Stop The Arctic Meltdown

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/08/19/1947-international-agency-needed-to-stop-the-arctic-meltdown/

and…
Alarming Rise In Arctic Temperatures To Melt Greenland And Flood The Coasts

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/alarming-rise-in-arctic-temperatures-to-melt-greenland-and-flood-the-coasts/

and…
1947 Shock News : “Enormous” “Alarming” “Serious” “Catastrophic” Polar Melt To Drown The Planet. International Agency Needed To Study The Problem

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/1947-shock-news-enormous-alarming-catastrophic-polar-melt-to-drown-the-planet/

——————–

2007
Over 4.5 Billion people could die from Global Warming-related causes by 2012

http://reason.com/blog/2007/01/09/global-warming-could-kill-45-b

——————–
“Top NASA experts predicted an ice-free Arctic for 2012, and it has happened.“

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/ice-free-arctic-update/

and…
Gore’s “ice free Arctic” prediction from five years ago, falsified by nature itself

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/12/16/nature-proves-al-gore-wrong-again/

——————–
No Global Warming For Almost Sixteen Years

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/no-global-warming-for-almost-sixteen-years/

——————–
Major change in UK Meteorology Office global warming forecast

http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/major-change-in-uk-met-office-global-warming-forecast/

——————–
1970s Global Cooling Scare

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/1970s-ice-age-scare/

and…

1974 : Flooding, Drought, Crop Loss And Mild Winters Blamed On Global Cooling

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/1974-flooding-drought-crop-loss-and-mild-winters-blamed-on-global-cooling/

and…
Der Spiegel 1974: “Temperatures Over Last 20 Years Have Dropped Faster Than At Anytime In The Last 1000 Years”

http://notrickszone.com/2012/08/30/spiegel-1974-temperatures-over-last-20-years-have-dropped-faster-than-at-anytime-in-the-last-1000-years/

and…
1974 : CIA Enumerated The Devastation Of Global Cooling

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/1974-cia-enumerated-the-climate-devastation-of-global-cooling/

and…
1975 : Newsweek Explained How Global Cooling Causes Extreme
Droughts, Floods, Dry Spells And Heatwaves

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/1975-newsweek-explains-how-global-cooling-causes-droughts-floods-dry-spells-and-heatwaves/

and…
Factsheet on 1970s Coming ‘Ice Age’ Claims

http://www.climatedepot.com/a/3213/Dont-Miss-it-Climate-Depots-Factsheet-on-1970s-Coming-Ice-Age-Claims

——————–
New question mark over global warming: Scientists discover glaciers in Asian mountain range are actually getting BIGGER

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2130184/Forget-global-warming-Scientists-discover-glaciers-Asia-getting-BIGGER.html

&
“This impressive new study says that the Karakoram glaciers are not only not shrinking, they are accumulating enough ice each year to cause a slight decrease in ocean sea-level.“

http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/karakoram-rising
[Wait a minute. The U.N. IPCC told us a few years ago that the Himalayan glaciers would all be gone by 2035. What’s wrong with this picture ?]
BTW, speaking of failed AGW predictions, how many of you remember this prediction from the National Science Foundation back in 2009?

Climate Change Likely to Devastate Emperor Penguin Populations in Antarctica

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/emperorpenguins.jsp

OK, how many of you saw this report last weekend?
Twice as Many Emperor Penguins as Thought in Antarctica, First-Ever Penguin Count from Space Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120413145303.htm

How ’bout this prediction from “a few decades” ago?
NASA 1986 : All Life Extinct In A Few Decades

http://talkstraight.tumblr.com/post/21104002827/nasa-1986-all-life-extinct-in-a-few-decades-due

——————–
Drought:
No Trend Towards Flood Or Drought In The US

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/no-trend-towards-flood-or-drought-in-the-us/

and…
German National Weather Service: “No Significant Trend To More Drought In Europe…”

http://notrickszone.com/2012/08/17/german-national-weather-service-analysis-no-significant-trend-to-more-drought-in-europe-dryness-la-nina-related/

and…
[Drs.] McKibben & Masters Lying About The [2012] Drought

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/mckittenmasters-lying-about-the-drought/

[See, also, here .]
——————–
New paper finds floods and extreme precipitation were more common during the Little Ice Age

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-paper-finds-floods-and-extreme.html

——————–
IPCC:
Empirical Data Vs. [IPCC] Predictions

http://www.c3headlines.com/bad-predictions-failed.html

and…
The IPCC 1990 FAR predictions were wrong

http://joannenova.com.au/2012/05/the-ipcc-1990-far-predictions-were-wrong/

and…
Another IPCC Prediction Drowns In The Facts

http://www.c3headlines.com/2012/08/plankton-not-at-risk-from-ocean-acidification-experts-find-another-ipcc-prediction-drowns-in-the-fac.html

and…
Another wild exaggeration from IPCC 1990 – sea level rise touted to be 6cm per decade

http://www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=19

and…
IPCC Forced To Backtrack On Bogus Claims That Global Warming Causes Severe Weather

http://www.c3headlines.com/2012/12/ipcc-forced-to-backtrack-on-bogus-claims-that-global-warming-causes-severe-weather.html

and…
Satellites Confirm: Atmospheric Global Cooling Reigns, Not The IPCC’s Predicted CO2 “Global Warming”

http://www.c3headlines.com/2013/01/satellites-confirm-atmospheric-global-cooling-reigns-not-the-ipccs-predicted-co2-global-warming.html

and…
Prediction Failure: IPCC’s Climate Models Remain Weak At Arctic Cloud, Sea Ice & Albedo Conditions, Say Researchers

http://www.c3headlines.com/2013/12/prediction-failure-ipccs-climate-models-remain-weak-at-arctic-cloud-sea-ice-albedo-conditions-say-re.html

and…
In 2001, the IPCC predicted milder winters and less snow. Experts are hoping no one remembers

https://twitter.com/SteveSGoddard/status/411543526648709120

&
Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Up Sharply Since CO2 Hit 350 PPM

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/northern-hemisphere-snow-extent-up-sharply-since-co2-hit-350-ppm/

——————–
About 30 of America’s 312 million people show up to oppose climate change realism, chanting ‘we are the 99%’.

http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2012/05/about-30-of-america-312-million-people.html

——————–
NASA’s James Hansen:
[NASA’s] Hansen 1986 : Earth Living Hell By 2001 – And It Is Reagan’s Fault

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/hansen-1986-earth-living-hell-by-2001-and-it-is-reagans-fault/

and…
Hansen : Five degrees warming by 2010

https://twitter.com/SteveSGoddard/status/421262302562643968

and…
“NASA’s James Hansen [predicted] in 2004 that the window for action [to counteract global warming] is only 10 years.“

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2007-04-03-tipping-points_N.htm

and…
“‘Barack Obama has only four years to save Earth’ from global warming.“

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/18/jim-hansen-obama

and…
In 1986, The World’s Greatest Climatologist Predicted Nine Degrees US Warming By The 2020’s

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/in-1986-the-worlds-greatest-climatologist-predicted-nine-degrees-us-warming-by-the-2020s/

and…
Norwegian Climate Professor: Hansen’s Projection Off By 150%…Regrettable That Politicians Still View It As Reliable

http://notrickszone.com/2012/06/15/norwegian-climate-professor-hansens-projection-off-by-150-regrettable-that-politicians-still-view-it-as-reliable/

and…
Temperatures Trending Below Hansen’s Zero Emissions Scenario For 168 Months In A Row

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/temperatures-trending-below-hansens-zero-emissions-scenario-for-168-months-in-a-row/

and…
[NASA’s James] Hansen Predicted Peak Sea Ice Loss In Antarctica

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/hansen-predicted-peak-sea-ice-loss-in-antarctica/

and…
ABC’s Global Warming Piece Ignores Decades of Hysteria from NASA’s James Hansen

http://newsbusters.org/node/13114
——————–
Less ice, more ice, whatever. It’s global warming

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/less_ice_more_ice_whatever_its_global_warming/#121357

——————–
Factsheet on Inconvenient History of Global Warming ‘Tipping Points’

http://www.climatedepot.com/a/7115/Laugh-Riot-190year-climate-tipping-point-issued–Despite-fact-that-UN-began-10Year-Climate-Tipping-Point-in-1989

——————–
For warmists trying to convince us that carbon dioxide causes lower US corn yields, an *extremely* inconvenient graph

http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2012/07/for-warmists-trying-to-convince-us-that.html

——————–
Sea levels ignore government forecasts

http://www.quadrant.org.au/blogs/doomed-planet/2012/08/sea-levels-ignore-government-forecasts

——————–
New paper finds ‘tropical species not as vulnerable to climate change extinction’

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-paper-finds-tropical-species-not-as.html

——————–
New paper finds no evidence of increased humidity in US, contradicts global warming theory [predictions]

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-paper-finds-no-evidence-of.html

——————–
Reduced sea ice – less consequences than anticipated?

http://www.unis.no/60_NEWS/6080_Archive_2012/n_12_09_12_reduced_sea_ice/less_consequences_news_12092012.htm
——————–

“The evidence in support of the claim that climate change will undermine U.S. national security is, at best, ambiguous and most probably non-existent.“

http://www.marshall.org/pdf/materials/1122.pdf
——————–
Sunday, 2 May 2004…

An Important Message From The UK’s Top Scientist
“Antarctica is likely to be the world’s only habitable continent by the end of this century…“

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/an-important-message-from-the-uks-top-scientist/

[ASND recommends a review of the Antarctica section on our Polar Ice Sheets page for contextual comparison.]
——————–
Florida’s Hurricanes:
“Florida used to average about one hurricane per year, and now averages about one every other year. The ongoing stretch of non-hurricanes is the longest on record, and looks like it will extend into its eighth year. This is completely consistent with climate model forecasts of more frequent and larger hurricanes.“

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/disturbing-news-no-hurricanes-in-florida-for-seven-years/

So is this, btw…
Dr. Ryan Maue releases new hurricane frequency data showing a negative trend in the last 30 years

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/10/01/dr-ryan-maue-releases-new-hurricane-frequency-data-showing-a-negative-trend-in-the-last-30-years/

[For those who can’t read, ASND would like to point out that the data in that report are global, not just for Florida.]
and…

New Record : Seven Years Since A Hurricane Hit Florida

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/new-record-seven-years-since-a-hurricane-hit-florida/

——————–
New study: There will be less – not more – tropical cyclones in the future

http://newnostradamusofthenorth.blogspot.se/2013/01/new-study-there-will-be-less-not-more.html

——————–
So much for the theory that AGW increases water vapor and positive feedback

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/10/04/so-much-for-the-theory-that-agw-increases-water-vapor-and-positive-feedback/

——————–
New paper finds global warming is not a threat to humanity & GDP will be highest under the warmest scenario

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-paper-finds-global-warming-is-not.html

——————–
Malaria study challenges warmer world predictions

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22419-malaria-study-challenges-warmer-world-predictions.html

——————–
Climate alarmists confounded again: New paper finds no effect of global warming on El Ninos

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2012/11/climate-alarmists-confounded-again-new.html

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Forest Fires:
Experts’ Predicted Increase Of Forest Fires From Global Warming Fails To Materialize

http://www.c3headlines.com/2012/11/experts-ipcc-predicted-increase-forest-fires-global-warming-climate-change-fails.html

and…
Global Warming Produces A Significant Reduction In North American Wildland Fires

http://www.c3headlines.com/2012/11/global-warming-produces-a-signifcant-reduction-of-north-american-wildland-fires.html

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“More bad news for warmists: “infectious diseases, maternal and child illness, and malnutrition now cause fewer deaths and less illness than they did twenty years ago…“

http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2012/12/more-bad-news-for-warmists-diseases.html

——————–

Jellyfish and Global Warming – another busted alarm

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/01/01/jellyfish-and-global-warming-another-busted-alarm/

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Deleterious Disasters?

New paper finds climate change benefits Chinese agriculture
http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/02/new-paper-finds-climate-change-benefits.html

and…

Fortified By Global Warming, Crop Production Keeps Breaking Records

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2013/01/16/fortified-by-global-warming-crop-production-keeps-breaking-records/

and…

New paper predicts CO2 fertilization will greatly improve plant productivity by 40-60%

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-paper-predicts-co2-fertilization.html

and…

New study says extinction fears are “alarmist”

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-study-says-extinction-fears-are.html

and…
New paper says Amazon trees will tolerate IPCC projected temperature in 2100

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-paper-says-amazon-trees-will.html

——————–
NOAA: Accelerating Global Warming Is Not Happening – CO2 Wrongly Accused

http://www.c3headlines.com/2013/01/noaa-accelerating-global-warming-is-not-happening-co2-wrongly-accused.html

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Crack NOAA Forecasters Predicted A Hot [Late Fall, 2013] For The US

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/crack-noaa-forecasters-predicted-a-hot-winter-for-the-us/


60 posted on 09/24/2014 8:30:47 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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