'Climate science settled – Earth is warming, climate stability is a thing of the past, and humans are responsible September 28, 2013 The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, all 900 pages – will be officially tabled on Monday. Meanwhile, the key chapters and the Summary for Policy Makers were released on Friday. In response, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said, “The heat is on. We must act.” US Secretary of State John Kerry said, “This is yet another wakeup call: Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire …. the response must be all hands on deck. It’s not about one country making a demand of another. It’s the science itself, demanding action from all of us.” President Obama’s science adviser, Dr. John P. Holdren, said the report proves “that the kinds of harm already being experienced from climate change will continue to worsen unless and until comprehensive and vigorous action to reduce emissions is undertaken worldwide.” And, in Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s science advisor said, …… Oooops. Harper eliminated that post. So no comment from that corner. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq used the occasion of the IPCC report to attack the Liberals for inaction and to claim the NDP proposals would hurt the economy. Unless media reports omitted something from her statement, she didn’t appear to say anything about the threat of global warming, or the significance of the report. Strangely, her so-called statement is not to be found on Environment Canada’s website. There is no response to the IPCC report on Environment Canada’s website. (Did she never make the statement? Or was it pulled?)'
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 03:17:26 +0000
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