Talk:Politics of global warming
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[edit] AMS Statement: Freedom of Scientific Expression
After scientists were again stifled for political interests, the American Meteorological Society has released:
AMS Statement: Freedom of Scientific Expression (Adopted by AMS Council on 17 February 2006) Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 87
The AMS, American Geophysical Union, and numerous scientific organizations throughout a myriad of fields have released statements on coercion of science in the past. Evolauxia 05:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This Article Needs Help
There are a lot of sections that are just stubs. We need some qualified people to help populate the article. I'll do what I can. Dubc0724 18:07, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ideas for more material
I agree this page is strikingly thin, in contrast to the well fleshed-out pages on the science, the skeptics and so on. At the very least there should be something about Al Gore. Other bits to fit in would include Sen. Inhofe, the senate resolution pre-announcing they would not ratify any deal similar to Kyoto, etc.
There is some good detail on this in Flannery's book "The Weather Makers."
I just heard about a book by Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M on the science and politics of climate change in the U.S. I've requested our University library to order a copy. I plan to grab it as soon as it's catalogued. This might be helpful source material. Here's a link to a page about the new book:
The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change
Birdbrainscan 19:47, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
- The neutrality of the article is highlighted by the fact that there are two sections of prose on US politics and a short bullet point list of rest-of-world countries. The article is still only start-class material though, so it's not entirely surprising. Richard001 21:49, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] RGGI tonnage limits, mistake
the tonnage limits have got to be wrongCorvetteZ51 13:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- I've added "million" to the figures. The first source I found said "Regional emissions would be capped at 121.3 million short tons of CO2 through 2014" [1]. --Spiffy sperry 15:00, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Religion of Global Warming ?
At the Oscars Al Gore emphatically stated that global warming is a "moral" issue.
Should there be a separate article on the religion of global warming? I think the view has enough info to form a complete mythology: a creation account, the so-called "sins" of humanity, an apocalypse, dogmas ...--The burning bush 23:16, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
- I would say no to a "religion of global warming" page. Events such as global climate change require an ethics-based political solution as it is a new circumstance that we all face. If there is a moral issue it is related to the rights and wrongs of individuals burning things and releasing gases into the atmosphere.
- Maybe we need a page Individual action on climate change to come from Individual and political action on climate change for pros and cons on actions. Then expand the Environmentalism and Religion, drafted by User:Alan Liefting, to explore the broader ideology based issues. - Shiftchange 00:35, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- You need sources which describe such a religion. (SEWilco 03:13, 4 March 2007 (UTC))
[edit] no one has reduced carbon use
any 'reductions' would have happened anyway, nine years after the Kyoto conference...nothing. business as usual CorvetteZ51 07:56, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] who would bear the burden?
for example, in the 'McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act of 2005', home heating by natural gas, is not controlled. Good deal for those living in the North. Air conditong needs electricity, coa for electricity would be controlled. Bad deal if you live in the South. If no one objects, I will add something to the article CorvetteZ51 09:01, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
