4/4/13, "Obama urges donors to continue push for gun control, climate change," CBSnews.com, Stephanie Condon
"President Obama appealed to some of his wealthiest Northern California supporters Thursday on behalf of the Democratic Party, urging them to stay politically involved to push through agenda items like gun control.
"It's going to be tougher to get better gun legislation to reduce gun violence through the Senate and the House that so many of us I think want to see, particularly after the tragedy in Newtown," Mr. Obama said at a high-dollar fundraiser in the upscale Silicon Valley town of Atherton. "But I still think it can get done if people are activated and involved."
The president Thursday attended two fundraisers in Atherton to benefit the Democratic National Committee. Now that he no longer is running for office, Mr. Obama this year is taking a much more active role in fundraising for Democrats in Congress. Tickets for the two events ranged from $1,000 to $32,400.
The first event was an intimate brunch with about 30 people at the home of Mark Heising and Lis Simons. Heising is the managing director of the San Francisco investment firm Medley Partners and a board member of the Environmental Defense Fund. Philanthropist and Levi Strauss heir John Goldman and his wife Marcia Goldman hosted about 250 people at their home for the second event.
On Wednesday, Mr. Obama attended two other Democratic fundraisers. Both Wednesday and Thursday, protesters opposed to the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline lined the streets near Mr. Obama's fundraisers. As with immigration reform, the president appealed to his audience to stay engaged if they wished to see progress on the issue of the environment.
"People here in this area care deeply about issues of energy and climate change," Mr. Obama said at the second event Thursday. "I think that the science is indisputable, and this is an obligation we owe to future generations. We've already done a lot to reduce our carbon footprint and to make our economy more energy efficient, but if we're going to do more, then we've got to make sure that we're active and involved."
Other high-profile Democrats attended the second event, including Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif. -- who is facing a primary challenge from a former Obama aide -- and state attorney general Kamala Harris. The president remarked on Harris' appearance a couple of times....
While the president told his first audience today that gun legislation would be a challenge, he expressed optimism about immigration reform.
"I am very optimistic that we get immigration reform done in the next few months," he said. "And the reason I'm optimistic is because people spoke out through the ballot box, and that's breaking gridlock."" via Junk Science
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Yes, "the science is indisputable" that US CO2 has plunged and is heading lower (whether it needed to or not) but Mr. Obama disputes it and rising coal use in Europe and China:
The scientific consensus is that US CO2 has dropped for many years, is heading lower, and that US CO2 could go to zero and it would have little or no effect on the planet because China’s high emissions are heading higher. Separate from the CO2 issue, the scientific consensus further states that the planet hasn’t warmed in at least 15 years:
Global warming pause, Der Spiegel, Jan. 2013:
1/18/13, “Climate change: scientists puzzle over halt in global warming,” Der Spiegel, by Axel Bojanowski (translation from German by google)
“How much our climate is warming real? NASA researchers have shown that the temperature rise in 15 years takes a break.
At the same time, there are indications that shifts the problem: The
environment could be a completely different place preliminary heat….
The British Met Office forecast even more recently that the temperature interval could continue at a high level until the end of 2017 - despite the rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions . Then global warming would pause 20 years. How many years, this is a now common question, because the temperature would still falter, climate scientists to rethink their forecasts of future warming?…
Scientists previously thought, fourteen years without further warming were to bring into line with their forecasts – but not “15 years or more,” as NASA scientists four years ago in the journal “Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society” konstatierten . A renowned scientist wrote on 7 May 2009 in an e-mail to colleagues, as the heating pause had lasted eleven years: “The non-trend [of temperatures] would take 15 years before we need to worry about [our results].”
15 years without warming the air near the ground is now over. The stalemate in the average temperature shows that the uncertainties of climate predictions are surprisingly large.”…
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6/4/12, “Climate change stunner: USA leads world in CO2 cuts since 2006,” Vancouver Observer, Saxifrage
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“Not only that, but as my top chart shows, US CO2 emissions are falling even faster than what President Obama pledged in the global Copenhagen Accord.”…
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- “Surprising,“
- “little noticed,“
- “dramatic,“
- “stunner,“
- “most people are surprised to learn,“
- “quiet but tremendous progress,”
- “major long term implications,”
- “game changing,”
- “shocker,”
- “huge contrast to the forecast.”
11/19/12, “More than 1,000 New Coal Plants Planned Worldwide,” UK Guardian, Damian Carrington
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“India is planning 455 new plants compared to 363 in China, which is seeing a slowdown in its coal investments after a vast building program in the past decade.”…
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“India is planning 455 new plants compared to 363 in China, which is seeing a slowdown in its coal investments after a vast building program in the past decade.”…
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Coal winning in Europe:
4/3/13, "CO2 Emissions: Can Europe Save Its Cap-and-TradeSystem?" Der Spiegel, by Nils Klawitter
"Coal is seeing a renaissance that was hardly thought possible....
Brown coal is currently winning out in the competition with other energy sources."...
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1/16/13, “China’s Green Leap Backward,” The Nation, Lucia Green-Weiskel
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China says it will burn more and more coal for years to come. Scientists are now facing that global temperatures don't rise with global CO2 anyway. Even if US CO2 went to zero it would have little to no effect on global CO2. China is in charge:
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5/5/2010, “U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2009: A Retrospective Review,” EIA
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4/14/11, “Biggest Drop in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” World Climate Report
“In 2009, greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. experienced their biggest drop since the U.S. Energy Information Administration began tracking them during the 1990-2009 timeframe.
Figure 1. Annual carbon dioxide emissions from the United States (blue) and China (red), 1990-2009 (data source, EIA)….
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