Climate Change Causation
This post is not well
organized. It’s a collection of many of the best materials I’ve found or
written to suggest the absurdity of denying human contribution to climate
change.
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Everyone
and every organization make mistakes. No government entity, business,
individual or group is beyond reproach. My research, however, suggests one U.S.
political party favors policies, based on lies at their core, that only benefit their oligarchs and not those
significantly below the one percent.
→ Please, use this
and my other blogs as references to prove points; they’re well cited.
(Citations may include footnotes with asterisks
or superscripts, or links.)
The Koch brothers have played an active role in opposing
climate change legislation. In 2011, the EPA reported that Koch Industries
"emitted over twenty-four million tons of carbon dioxide", as much as
is typically emitted by five million cars.[87]
A study from the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University reported that "[I]n
2011 and 2012, Koch Industries Public Sector LLC, the lobbying arm of Koch
Industries, advocated for the Energy Tax Prevention Act, which would have
rolled back the Supreme Court’s ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) could regulate greenhouse gases."[88][89]
The Koch Foundation is a major funder of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature
project, an effort to address the criticism of records of the earth's surface
temperatures. At least two of the project's seven scientists are seen as
climate change skeptics by many in the climate
science world.[90]
The
Charles G. Koch Foundation gave climate
skeptic Willie Soon two grants totaling $175,000
in 2005/6 and again in 2010. Soon has stated that he has "never been
motivated by financial reward in any of my scientific research".[91] The foundation helped
finance a 2007 analysis suggesting that climate change was not a threat to the
survival of polar bears,[92] which was questioned by
other researchers.[93] The foundation also funded a
$150,000 study by UC
Berkeley
physicist Richard
A. Muller
who initially concluded that global warming data was flawed, but later
reversed his views, supporting scientific consensus.[94][95] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers
According to the environmentalist group Greenpeace,
organizations that the Koch brothers help fund such as Americans for
Prosperity, the Heritage Foundation, the Cato
institute and the Manhattan Institute have been active in questioning
global warming.[96]
Through Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers influenced more than 400
members of Congress to sign a pledge to vote against climate change legislation
that does not include equivalent tax cuts.[88][97][98][99]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers
2014 Warmest
year http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2014/09/19/2014-likely-warmest-year/#.VB4N9fldVRp
http://billmoyers.com/2014/05/16/eight-pseudo-scientific-climate-claims-debunked-by-real-scientists/
NASA data on Climate Change:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2004/05mar_arctic/
Climate Change - Division on Earth and Life Studies: http://dels.nas.edu/resources/static-assets/exec-office-other/climate-change-full.pdf
http://www.flackcheck.org/video-wire/climate-change-review-scicheck/ Fact checks claims from both sides.
CO2 This video clip clearly
demonstrates why our CO(2) is off the chart of normalcy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UatUDnFmNTY#t=11
Isle Royale’s winter ice bridges are disappearing. https://www.facebook.com/grpress/posts/10152374290676367?notif_t=notify_me
Environmentalism
“In
2008, Steyer and Taylor gave $40 million to create the TomKat Center for
Sustainable Energy at Stanford University. The center focuses on the
development of affordable renewable energy technologies and promotion of public
policies that make renewable energy more accessible. Projects include
the creation of lighter, less toxic, and more durable batteries and an analysis of the current
power grid’s ability to support future renewable energy technologies.”[3][31] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Steyer
Climate
change
“The Koch brothers have played an active
role in opposing climate change legislation. In 2011, the EPA reported that
Koch Industries "emitted over twenty-four million tons of carbon
dioxide", as much as is typically emitted by five million cars.[87]
A study from the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University reported that
"[I]n 2011 and 2012, Koch Industries Public Sector LLC, the lobbying arm
of Koch Industries, advocated for the Energy Tax Prevention Act, which would
have rolled back the Supreme Court’s ruling that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) could regulate greenhouse gases."[88][89]
The Koch Foundation is a major funder of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature
project, an effort to address the criticism of records of the earth's surface
temperatures. At least two of the project's seven scientists are seen as
climate change skeptics by many in the climate science
world.[90]
The Charles G. Koch Foundation gave climate
skeptic Willie
Soon two grants totaling $175,000 in
2005/6 and again in 2010. Soon has stated that he has "never been
motivated by financial reward in any of my scientific research".[91]
The foundation helped finance a 2007 analysis suggesting that climate change
was not a threat to the survival of polar bears,[92]
which was questioned by other researchers.[93]
The foundation also funded a $150,000 study by UC
Berkeley physicist Richard A. Muller
who initially concluded that global warming
data was flawed, but later reversed his views, supporting scientific consensus.[94][95]
According to the environmentalist group Greenpeace,
organizations that the Koch brothers help fund such as Americans for
Prosperity, the Heritage Foundation, the Cato institute
and the Manhattan Institute have been active in questioning global warming.[96]
Through Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers influenced more than 400
members of Congress to sign a pledge to vote against climate change legislation
that does not include equivalent tax cuts.”[88][97][98][99]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers
“Not on the scale it's currently
happening. 97% of scientists know it's happening. In the 70s, based on the
cycles FAUX “news” likes to cite, our glaciologist professor told us we were
supposed to be heading into another ice age. We've broken out of normal climate cycles.
More severe and more erratic weather
is the primary prediction from the global warming super computer simulations
done in the 90s. The damage we’ve already done will last 2-300 years if we
contain our excessive fun with carbon compounds.
The only reason to deny the reality
is to continue our addiction to fossil fuels and now fracking which is damaging
ground water, and helping the wealth gap grow more.
Climate change I am baffled that they don't take their
children and grandchildren into account. Even if there was just a possibility,
wouldn't you think people would care. There's proof and they don't care.
A 2012 report
by the Union
of Concerned Scientists found that 93% of global warming coverage by Fox News
was misleading. The report put the figure slightly lower—81 percent—for
the Wall
Street Journal. The misleading
statements identified in the report included "...dismissals of
human-caused climate change, disparaging comments about individual
scientists, rejections of climate science as a body of knowledge, and cherry
picking of data.”
http://www.climatedepot.com/2013/05/14/co2-nears-400-ppm-relax-its-not-global-warming-end-times-but-only-a-big-yawn-climate-depot-special-report/ links to blogs AS
EVIDENCE!
“So only .1% of the individuals on the list of
30,000 signatures have a scientific background in Climatology. To be fair, we
can add in those who claim to have a background in Atmospheric Science, which
brings the total percentage of signatories with a background in climate
change science to a whopping .5%.” http://www.petitionproject.org/qualifications_of_signers.php
Boulder, CO http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
http://billmoyers.com/content/epa-ghg-emissions/
I was an independent voter, but in 2016 became
a Democrat. In the past, I voted for Ford, Reagan (2nd term), G.H.W.
Bush, Dole and even McCain. The only one of those votes I’m now proud of was
for Ford.
After the Koch brothers sponsored the tea party to exert
excessive influence over the Republican (Gop) party, I’ve been debating
politics on Facebook and with family members, along with doing an incredible
amount of research. This might seem incredibly one-sided, but every Gop
position I’ve researched is based on at least one lie from what I can
determine. I’m quite willing to debate this phenomenon.
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