"In our view, the PRB is the single most important energy resource on earth
because it is the most important energy resource for the world's most
important economy – that of the United States."
Western Fuels, profile, comment on the Powder River Basin
Thanks Steve,
for the old news from John Christy and folks.
I have inserted at the bottom of this message the website of the Pew Center
on Climate Change. Recently Dupont and CH2M HILL have joined the
Environmental Leadership Council at the Pew Center to battle climate
change.
The additional members of the Business Environmental Leadership Council
include: AirProducts and Chemicals, Inc.; American Electric
Power Company; Baxter International Inc.;
Boeing;
BP America; Enron Corp.; Holnam Inc.;
Intercontinental Energy Corporation;
International
Paper; Lockheed Martin; Maytag; The Sun
Company; 3M; Toyota; United Technologies; U.S.
Generating Company; Weyerhaeuser and
Whirlpool.
The American Petroleum Institute still will not admit to anthropogenic
enduced climate change. Satellites fall back to earth and on their way down
they get closer to earth. No one is actually sure how to correct for this
measurement error but it explains some variation in temporal trends 5 or
more kilometers above the surface of the earth.
"In a new Texas Poll commissioned by the Sierra Club, 58 percent of Texans
said they believe global warming mainly is caused by emissions from the
burning of coal and oil and 64 percent said the United States should reduce
that dependence, even if it means paying more for cleaner energy sources.
And one-third of respondents said they want the U.S. government to make
replacing oil and coal energy with renewable sources a priority like the
Manhattan Project, the
World War II project to build the atomic bomb."
"Contrary to claims that people are skeptical of global warming, this sends
a message that people understand the causes, impacts and ways to respond,"
said Ken Kramer, director of the Sierra Club's Lone Star chapter. "The poll
results should be a wake-up call in Texas and Washington."
http://www.junkscience.com/sep98/hcpoll.htm
Some folks have different opinions about what constitutes junk science.
Hey!
Western Fuels website says that higher carbon dioxide levels in the
atmosphere are a benefit to the earth. Why? They say that there is an
optimum climatic mean for which the earth is better off. Right now we are
below the climatic optimum. While the American Petroleum Institute denies
the science of climate change, the large Coal Lobby accepts climate change
but says it will be a good thing not a bad thing. The profile of Western
Fuels states:
"Much of the 20 million tons of coal we supply each year is purchased
from coal companies operating mines in the Powder River Basin. The
Powder River Basin has the largest reserves of low-sulfur coal in the
nation. In our view, the PRB is the single most important energy
resource on earth because it is the most important energy resource
for the world’s most important economy – that of the United States."
http://www.westernfuels.org/profile.htm
Both in terms of theory and practice the stratosphere should cool as a
result of higher greenhouse gas concentrations. The satelittes are correct
here but the trend of lower temperatures should be lower than indicated by
Scotty and folks.
Perhaps 2000-2100 will be the "madhouse century" that the Hadley Institute
is predicting based on the largest computer in the world. It has recently
predicted a global temperature rise of 6 degrees celsius.
Joint Statement of the Business Environmental
Leadership Council
May 7, 1998
Our country has a long and proud tradition of
coming
together to respond to challenges that affect
our nation's
economic security, health or quality of life.
Today, as we
approach the millennium, we believe that one
of our
most serious challenges at home and abroad
will be
addressing global climate change as we work to
sustain
a growing global economy.
Our companies recognize that the risks and
complexities of climate change are so
important that we
must work together to meet this challenge. We
support
efforts to bring together the ingenuity and
experience of
all sectors of our society -- private, public,
and
non-governmental organizations to address this
issue in
a constructive way. We also believe that the
response
must be cost effective, global, and equitable,
and allow
for economic growth based on free market
principles.
It is in this context that each of our
companies has
decided to participate in a new initiative,
the Pew Center
on Global Climate Change, as members of its
Business
Environmental Leadership Council.
We begin this important effort united in
several beliefs:
First, we accept the views of most
scientists that
enough is known about the science and
environmental impacts of climate change
for us
to take actions to address its
consequences.
Second, businesses can and should take
concrete steps now in the U.S. and abroad
to
assess opportunities for emission
reductions,
establish and meet emission reduction
objectives, and invest in new, more
efficient
products, practices and technologies.
Third, the Kyoto agreement represents a
first
step in the international process, but
more must
be done both to implement the
market-based
mechanisms that were adopted in principle
in
Kyoto and to more fully involve the rest
of the
world in the solution.
Fourth, we can make significant progress
in
addressing climate change and sustaining
economic growth in the United States by
adopting reasonable policies, programs
and
transition strategies.
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change will
add a
constructive, positive and pragmatic voice to
the public
debate on this important issue. We look
forward to
working with the Center and everyone
interested in a
constructive dialogue on the issue of global
climate
change.
>From Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
http://www.pewclimate.org/home.html
For Immediate Release
Thursday, October 29, 1998
CH2M HILL and DuPont Join Growing
Corporate Effort to Address Climate Change
Move Signals Growing Shift in Climate Change
Debate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pew Center on Global
Climate Change announced today that CH2M HILL,
a global leader in sustainable design,
construction
and infrastructure management, and DuPont
(NYSE: DD), a global research and
technology-based company, are joining the Pew
Centerís growing efforts to address the problem
of
climate change.
As new members of the Pew Centerís Business
Environmental Leadership Council, CH2M HILL and
DuPont join 18 other companies, many of which
rank in the Fortune 500. The group represents a
diverse group of corporate interests—including
auto
manufacturing, energy and major appliance and
technology producers.
"The decision by DuPont and CH2M HILL to join
our
effort continues to signal a growing shift in
the
climate change debate. Although the businesses
of
these two companies may differ, they recognize
that there are solutions to climate change that
can
keep both the environment and the economy
healthy," said Eileen Claussen, executive
director of
the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
The Pew Center was established in May 1998 by
the Pew Charitable Trusts, one of the nation's
largest philanthropies and an influential voice
in
efforts to improve the quality of America's
environment. The Pew Center is conducting
studies,
launching public education efforts, promoting
climate change solutions globally and working
with
businesses to develop marketplace solutions to
reduce greenhouse gasses.
As with the current members of the Business
Environmental Leadership Council, both DuPont
and
CH2M HILL have a significant stake in the
climate
change debate. CH2M HILL helps public and
private
clients worldwide realize a greater return on
their
investment in energy and environmental
technologies. In 1991, DuPont voluntarily
stepped
forward to address the problem of global
climate
change and is on track to achieve a 50%
reduction
in greenhouse gas emissions for operations by
the
year 2000.
"DuPont is pleased to be joining the Business
Environmental Leadership Council and looks
forward
to playing an active role," said Dr. Paul Tebo,
Vice
President—Safety, Health and the Environment at
DuPont. "Global climate change is a complicated
issue that must be dealt with responsibly. The
Pew
Center serves an invaluable purpose by creating
a
positive, constructive forum in which we in the
business community can act to solve this
problem."
"There can be no more important work over the
next
decade than joining with like-minded businesses
to
address global climate change in ways that
heighten the competitiveness of U.S. industry,"
said
James J. Ferris, president CH2M HILL Energy,
Environment & Systems. "We expect the
engineering, construction and management skill
sets we bring to the Business Environmental
Leadership Council to add a unique perspective
to
this already impressive group."
All members of the Business Environmental
Leadership Council are committed to the
founding
principles of the Pew Center:
First, we accept the views of most scientists
that
enough is known about the science and
environmental impacts of climate change for us
to
take actions to address its consequences.
Second, businesses can and should take concrete
steps now in the U.S. and abroad to assess
their
opportunities for emission reductions,
establish and
meet their emission reduction objectives, and
invest
in new, more energy-efficient products,
practices
and technology.
Third, the Kyoto agreement represents a first
step
in the international process, but more must be
done
both to implement the market-based mechanisms
that were adopted in principle in Kyoto and to
more
fully involve the rest of the world in the
solution.
Fourth, we can make significant progress in
addressing climate change and sustaining
economic growth in the United States by
adopting
reasonable policies, programs and transition
strategies.
"We applaud DuPont and CH2M HILL for stepping
forward and demonstrating there are steps
businesses can and should be taking to address
climate change. The Pew Center is looking
forward
to working with government, industry and the
public
to find fair and equitable solutions to this
very
serious problem," said Claussen. Claussen is
the
former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for
Oceans and International Environmental and
Scientific Affairs.
The additional members of the Business
Environmental Leadership Council include: Air
Products and Chemicals, Inc.; American Electric
Power Company; Baxter International Inc.;
Boeing;
BP America; Enron Corp.; Holnam Inc.;
Intercontinental Energy Corporation;
International
Paper; Lockheed Martin; Maytag; The Sun
Company; 3M; Toyota; United Technologies; U.S.
Generating Company; Weyerhaeuser and
Whirlpool.
More information about global climate change
and
the Pew Centerís activities can be found at
their
web site, located at www.pewclimate.org.
Contact: Kelly Sullivan (Pew Center)
(202) 289-5900
Andre Armstrong (CH2M HILL)
(303)-713-2425
Lori Fenimore (DuPont)
(302)-773-0220
It is funny Steve Krock that you are not harping about "endocrine
disputers" and I think a fella like yourself should get into the fray here
to and do some debunking.
Some say the real story is how Dr. Theo Ree longs to be
hailed as the new Rachel Carson, author of
the infamous
1960s doomsday book Silent Spring and the
queen bee
of ecomania.
Others say that Dr. Theo Ree is a pawn of
radical
environmental groups who see this new scare
as a means
to advance their own political agendas.
Leftist groups who
see industry and capitalism as the bane of
society.
Paranoid groups that, like the Unabomber,
see technology
as inherently evil.
And last, but not least, some say that Dr.
Theo Ree is
simply laughing all the way to the bank at
the expense of
the public. A public, she is banking on,
that will believe
almost anything.
http://www.junkscience.com/news/swollen1.html
> Surface temperature measurements for 1998 show this to be the warmest
> year this century. In constrast to the gradual warming of the surface
> over the past 20 years, the tropospheric measurement from MSU showed
> no trend until the major warm El Niño event of '98.
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