Newsweek Burns Truth In Global Warming Story
By Roger Aronoff
August 13, 2007
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If journalists practiced real journalism, in terms of getting access to different sources of information, they would consult and make use of Senator Inhofe's (web site), where Marc Morano's information appears.
Many in the liberal media despise Inhofe and Morano because they are so effective.
Interestingly, however, after Al Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth" won the Academy Award for best documentary, many scientists began coming out of the "Skeptic" closet. They had seen enough and were no longer going to fear the wrath of the media.
In a column, (web site) Morano identifies scientists who have gone from believer to skeptic. They include David Bellamy, "famed UK environmental campaigner recently converted into a skeptic after reviewing the new science and who now calls global warming fears "poppycock." And Claude Allegre, "a top geophysicist and French Socialist" who now says the cause of climate change is "unknown," accused the proponents of "manmade catastrophic global warming of being motivated by money." There are many more, identified and quoted.
This writer noted many of the skeptics in a column (web site) which has generated emails from scientists in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. One is the aforementioned Bob Carter (web site) of Australia, who first directed me to some important data suggesting that there has been no warming whatsoever in this century.
While the standard of living of Americans is at stake in this debate, some of the most prominent liberals promoting radical changes in the U.S. and global economies have figured out a way for themselves to avoid any restrictions at all.
Former Vice President Al Gore, for example, was recently exposed for having a 20-room mansion in Tennessee, a virtual gas-guzzling Hummer of a house. It reportedly uses between 12 and 20 times more energy than the national average.
Snopes, the left-leaning checker-of-all-Internet-stories for accuracy, determined that President Bush is the winner over Al Gore, in terms of who lives life better as a personal environmentalist. The findings (web site) were clear cut. Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch is a model energy-efficient dwelling.
Gore, of course, claims to purchase "carbon offsets" to bring his carbon footprint down to zero. This is a controversial practice that enables the rich to continue living a luxurious lifestyle. Gore makes the purchases through a company of which he is chairman and part owner, Generation Investment Management.
The Global Game
The same kind of practice is being used globally under the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty supposedly designed to reduce the threat posed by global warming. As noted by a Wall Street Journal article, (web site) China, which is trying to become a developed nation, "is turning its environmental problems into a shrewdly managed financial asset." Germany, a Western industrialized nation, proudly signed on to Kyoto, cut a deal with China. The deal allows Germany to go right on emitting the same amount of CO2 as before, while financing a program in China that is meant to help them on the path to reduced carbon emissions.
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