Impeach McConnell, Boehner, and Cantor Today: Bill McKibben tells whopper, claims Public Policy Poll says 80% of NJ voters 'very concerned' about CO2 terror after Sandy storm, but PPP says the number is 52%

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Bill McKibben tells whopper, claims Public Policy Poll says 80% of NJ voters 'very concerned' about CO2 terror after Sandy storm, but PPP says the number is 52%

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12/5/12, "Illinois and New Jersey Miscellany," Public Policy Polling

"In the wake of the hurricane [Sandy] 52% of New Jersey voters say they're 'very concerned' about global warming, 28% say they're 'somewhat concerned,' and 20% say they're 'not concerned.'"...(item about 3/4 into article)

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12/12/12, "McKibben Brags About Making New Jersey Ignorant," Steven Goddard

Twitter / billmckibben: And all it took was Sandy–80%

The “consensus” says Sandy had nothing to do with global warming, but McKibben has never been interested in science anyway."

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McKibben merged with fossil fuel billionaire David Rockefeller in 2011:

4/21/11 Press release announcing Bill McKibben merger with oil billionaire Rockefeller Fund:

4/21/11, “1Sky and 350.org: Stronger as One,” rbf.org, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Jessica Bailey

“This month marked the exciting marriage of 1Sky and 350.org—two grantees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s Sustainable Development program."….

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Forbes profile, David Rockefeller, Sr., net worth “$2.5 billion,” “Source of Wealth: Standard Oil, Banking”
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Bad news, McKibben. NYC Mayor hopeful and Bloomberg ally Christine Quinn's beach house in Bradley Beach, New Jersey was not destroyed in Sandy. Bradley Beach built high dunes after a 1992 hurricane (per NY Times below) which kept Sandy waters from destroying homes. Nothing to do with CO2, just built high dunes:

NYC Mayoral hopeful Quinn says her Bradley Beach, NJ beach house was saved from Sandy by dunes town built after 1992 hurricane

12/5/12, "Storm Writes a New Script in Campaigns for New York Mayor," NY Times, by Michael M. Grynbaum

"Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, whose Chelsea apartment lost power for four days, has focused more on the practical challenges left by the storm. ...
Ms. Quinn was the only major Democratic contender who lost power in the storm, but she, like all the candidates, said her concerns were minor compared with those of people who live in low-lying areas. ...

As it often does with Ms. Quinn, the personal overlaps with the political. She and her wife share a beach house in Bradley Beach, N.J., which escaped serious damage thanks to view-obstructing dunes the town built after a damaging hurricane in 1992 — a useful case study as New York prepares its own preventive measures.

“People used to bust a little bit on Bradley because you couldn’t see the water from the Boardwalk,” Ms. Quinn said. “But the dunes did their job. They ended up on the Boardwalk, but they held the water back.”"...

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12/7/12, "Surprise Side Effect Of Shale Gas Boom: A Plunge In U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions," Forbes, by Julie M. Carey, energy economist with Navigant Economics