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 Stories About: climate AND climate change adaptation AND climate change mitigation AND Louisiana AND politics AND severe weather
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We won't even help our own
For mitigation over adaptation: the argument from cynicism |
David Roberts |
04 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The second anniversary of Katrina has passed, marked by me only with craven silence. There are three Katrina tidbits I wanted to pass along, though, as they are germane to the argument over whether humanity can or should adapt to ongoing climate change. The first is from a year ago. Jim Rusch, who was then acting governor of Idaho and who is likely to take over Larry Craig's recently vacated Senate seat, said this: Here in Idaho, we couldn't understand how peopl ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, Louisiana, politics, severe weather (all these topics) |
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