TheGreenFront presents: This Day in Climate History September 7, 2011: • On MotherJones, investigative journalist Brad Friedman, in part two of his report on a secretive June 2011 meeting in Colorado held by billionaire climate-change deniers Charles and David Koch, notes that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke at the meeting--and that David Koch called him my kind of guy. m.motherjones/politics/2011/09/audio-chris-christie-koch-brothers-seminar • GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman says the Republican Party cannot continue to be an anti-science, climate-denying party, in a debate held in Simi Valley, California. youtu.be/iDmsk0dwPyo September 7, 2014: • The Showtime series Years of Living Dangerously is released on DVD. amazon/Years-Living-Dangerously-Complete-Showtime/dp/B00LOWT56S • The documentary Disruption premieres online. watchdisruption/?utm_content=buffer68973&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer • New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman calls for tax reform that puts a predictable premium on carbon, ensuring that we unite to consistently invest in clean energies that take us beyond fossil fuels, increase efficiency and address climate change. Draining our enemies’ coffers, enhancing security, taxing environmental degradation — what’s not to like? And if we shift tax revenue to money collected from a carbon tax, we can slash income, payroll and corporate taxes, incentivize investment and hiring and unleash our economic competitiveness. That is a strategy hawks and doves, greens and big oil could all support. nytimes/2014/09/07/opinion/sunday/tom-friedman-leading-from-within.html
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