Tag: Climate Change

Newt Gingrich — New King of the Climate Change Deniers

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After Al Gore and Senator Warner gave their testimony, Newt Gingrich provided testimony on climate change for the wingnuts. Meaning that he was there to cheer on the polluters, continue the denial stance of the GOP and to roll out some new framing of the issue. I haven’t found any video of Gingrich’s opening remarks […]

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Al Gore and John Warner Testimony on Waxman-Markey — Part 2

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This is Senator Warner’s testimony. Video is of his opening remarks only: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVSMawCo8NI[/youtube] Transcript of his complete remarks after the jump. Warner’s take on addressing climate change as a question of national security is interesting and worth thinking about.

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Al Gore and John Warner Testimony on Waxman-Markey — Part 1

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Yesterday, Vice President Al Gore and Senator John Warner presented bi-partisan testimony in support of the Waxman-Markey bill. Video is of Opening Statements: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY1naT3-RDc[/youtube] Vice President Gore’s complete remarks after the jump.

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Al Gore Among the Wingnuts — Part 2

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43scwzZ7zto[/youtube] Rep. Joe (Plate Tectonics) Barton gets schooled by Al Gore on how corporations lie. Barton does NOT get the clue that these corporations have just deep-sixed all of his anti-climate change cred. Barton will blame that on paleogeology soon.

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Al Gore Among the Wingnuts –Part 1

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMJ3Xow9ZGM[/youtube] Rep. Marsha Blackburn contributes to our understanding of the business of climate change by accusing known socialist — Al Gore — for investing in climate change industries rather than have the state take them over. Or maybe she thinks that the State should take over the means of the production of global warming. Whatever […]

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The Sham of the Climate Change Deniers

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The NYT Friday writes this must read piece of reporting on how the corporate climate change deniers came to ignore their own internal review panel — who wrote: “The scientific basis for the Greenhouse Effect and the potential impact of human emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2 on climate is well established and cannot […]

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