Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) promised last week that his first hearing as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would be on climate change. Today he announced that the key witness at that hearing, to be held on Jan. 28, will be the environmental policy lobby’s mega-star—the one and only Al Gore:
“My friend and former Senate colleague Al Gore is one of this nation’s leading authorities on the subject of climate change, and we are honored that he has agreed to appear before the Committee,” Kerry said in a statement.
“Al Gore has been sounding the alarm on climate change for over three decades, and he understands the urgent need for American engagement and leadership on this issue. America must act decisively in order for the nations of the world to reach agreement on a climate change treaty at the December 2009 meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark. The timeline is short for us to respond to the threat of climate change, and this hearing will examine what America must do to lead the world in crafting a truly global solution.”
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mihan Posted 5:01 am
23 Jan 2009
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stevenearlsalmony Posted 7:39 am
23 Jan 2009
After all the spreading of uncertainty, obstructionism, ideological idiocy, willful blindness, hysterical deafness, elective mutism and infidelity to science that we have seen from many too many economic powerbrokers, their bought-and-paid-for politicians, the absurdly enriched "talking heads" in the mass media, and those sheepish minions of 'benefactors' who will say and do anything to promote their selfish interests, it is truly refreshing to anticipate that Al Gore will speak out; that change is in the offing; that cooperation with the respected nations of the world is on the horizon; that a new day is finally dawning.
Let us hope that the perpetration of evil-doings during the earliest years of Century XXI have not produced insurmountable damages to the global economy, to respect for moral authority, to the environment and to Earth's body as a fit place for habitation by our children and coming generations.
Steven Earl Salmony
AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population,
established 2001
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Rodlian Posted 5:46 am
28 Jan 2009
http://politic.ology.com/2009/01/28/gore-testifies-on-env ...
-Jared J. H. Catapano (ology.com)
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