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  one step forward to get 16 back

  ...good to see the BBC point out that this commitment was made by everyone at Rio in 1992.On Bush administration, other G8 leaders agree to halve emissions by 2050 posted 1 year, 4 months ago 3 Responses

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  eat

  Someone very simply and very succinctly mentioned to me the other day: "why dont we just eat less?"On Let's raze more Amazon rainforest! posted 1 year, 6 months ago 24 Responses

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  Brilliant, but....

  Surely the Cimate Action Project should be the first cab off the rank in endorsing calls for "accuracy over rhetoric".

  "We can no longer discuss the State of the Union without assessing the state of the nation's climate"

  Thats a nicely rounded call for policy action (or is it seekeing more rhetoric?!) which, unfortunately, misleads.

  Sure, my quibble is over semantics; climate should indeed be a cornerstone of the speech. But if Bush is to be accurate and inform action, surely he's best to address national impact on global climate. National emissions have global impact.

  For me, using Bush's rhetoric from last year, the statement would better read: "We can no longer discuss the State of the Union without assessing the state of the nation's impact on global climate change." Or would that be asking too much: an admission of global culpability?

  Inaccuracy is excusable (maybe!?) for grist readers - we're relatively well informed. But this seeks to influence an address to the nation. Perpetuating a soft national perception of impact does nothing for US citizens propensity to act.

  Nor does it shift global perception that the US (generally) is doing SFA in addressing "global climate change"...On Sign a petition to prompt Bush to address climate in his state of the union speech posted 1 year, 10 months ago 3 Responses

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  thoughtward ork

  awkward indeed - like an ork trying to sneak up on you...

  i like this rambling train of thought post. it leaves the mind free to stumble across all kinds of scenario.

  maybe this in between ""building momentum" school and the "inconvenient truth" school" school is another school altogether. kinda like skipping school and sitting in the park watching the river. you skip math and absorb ecology. anything's possible.

  we clear?On From a new contributor posted 2 years, 7 months ago 5 Responses

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  Innumeracy rules

  bingo!
  co2 per ton (tonne) is the obvious measure. surely theres some analysis out there...!
  On Lessons on getting the numbers straight posted 2 years, 8 months ago 15 Responses