TheGreenFront presents: This Day in Climate History (hat tip to Thom Hartmann and Rick Piltz) August 25, 1998: Former Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., who authored an infamous 1971 memo that led to the creation of right-wing think tanks that [among other actions] attacked scientific findings on climate change, passes away at 90. In its obituary, the Washington Post observes: [Powells legal] background would make him one of the justices most experienced in business and corporate affairs, but it would also open him to criticism by liberal court observers that he was too sympathetic to business. washingtonpost/wp-srv/national/longterm/supcourt/stories/powell082698.htm August 25, 2004: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program releases the report Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005. web.archive.org/web/20041015135521/usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/ocp2004-5/ocp2004-5.pdf nytimes/2004/08/26/science/26climate.html August 25, 2008: Former Rep. Jim Leach (R-VA) addresses the Democratic National Convention, criticizing his party for embracing hyper-partisanship and climate-change denial. youtu.be/6981BGSPnNU August 25, 2011: In an article for the Daily Beast, Bill McKibben writes: [Hurricane] Irenes got a middle name, and its global warming. thedailybeast/articles/2011/08/25/hurricane-irene-can-be-tied-to-global-warming-says-bill-mckibben.html youtu.be/8ZgL-wBXk1Y
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