Science denier Sheldon Whitehouse needs to retire if he can't keep up with science. He denies UN IPCC climate chief who says world hasn't warmed in 17 yrs., UK Met Office predicts no increase 5 yrs. out. US CO2 has plunged. China leads world in CO2, US reductions are negated by China who opens a new coal mine every week

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UN IPCC chief notes current 17 year pause in global warming:

2/21/13, "IPCC Head Pachauri Acknowledges Global Warming Standstill," The Australian, Graham Lloyd
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5/20/13, "US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse From Rhode Island Provides Erroneous Information To American Public in Global Warming Rant," by Watts Up with That Regular 'Just the Facts'

Hate was spewed at selected Americans by science-deniers after April 2011 tornadoes:

"Anthony: Unfortunately, there is shameful precedence for this sort of opportunistic political rhetoric, WUWT readers may recall when the Center for American progress blamed southern conservatives voting record for tornadoes:

Never let a good crisis go to waste: tornado deaths blamed on lawmakers opposed to climate legislation

Posted on April 29, 2011"

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4/29/11, "The folly of linking tornado outbreaks to “climate change”," Anthony Watts, WUWT


4/29/2011, "MORE Tornadoes from Global Warming? That’s a Joke, Right?," Dr. Roy Spencer

"I see the inevitable blame-humanity game has been reinvigorated by the recent tornado swarm. I have not read other meteorologists’ treatment of this issue, so what follows can be considered an independent opinion on the matter.

If there is one weather phenomenon global warming theory does NOT predict more of, it would be severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.

Tornadic thunderstorms do not require tropical-type warmth. In fact, tornadoes are almost unheard of in the tropics, despite frequent thunderstorm activity.... 

It is well known that strong to violent tornado activity in the U.S. has decreased markedly since statistics began in the 1950s, which has also been a period of average warming. So, if anything, global warming causes FEWER tornado outbreaks…not more. In other words, more violent tornadoes would, if anything, be a sign of “global cooling”, not “global warming”.

Anyone who claims more tornadoes are caused by global warming is either misinformed, pandering, or delusional."

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"The people that seek to link this tragedy to the political movement of climate change
should be ashamed of themselves. The only “deniers” here are the ones who deny all the long established counter evidence of their bogus claims for political gain."

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US leads the world in CO2 reduction:

6/4/12, "Climate change stunner: USA leads world in CO2 cuts since 2006," Vancouver Observer, Saxifrage



 
"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....Here is the biggest shocker of all: the average American's CO2 emissions are down to levels not seen since 1964 -- over half a century ago.... It is exactly America's historical role of biggest and dirtiest that makes their sharp decline in CO2 pollution so noteworthy and potentially game changing at the global level."...  

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News of US CO2 plunge has been described as:

• “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.” 

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Overwhelming scientific consensus says global warming has paused:

1/18/13, “Climate change: scientists puzzle over halt in global warming,” Der Spiegel, by Axel Bojanowski (translation from German by google). Chart below by UK Met Office, via Der Spiegel:

 

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Citation for 20 year US CO2 drop:

8/16/12, "AP IMPACT: CO2 emissions in US drop to 20-year low," AP, Kevin Begos

"In a surprising turnaround, the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere in the U.S. has fallen dramatically to its lowest level in 20 years."...  

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China's increasing emissions render US reductions meaningless globally:

"China was the biggest contributor (in 2011), with carbon dioxide output growing 9.3 percent." (3rd parag.)

5/25/12, "U.S. cut its carbon emissions in 2011 — but China erased the gains," Washington Post, Brad Plumer

"Yes, it’s true: Americans are slowly starting to tackle global warming. U.S. carbon emissions dropped 1.7 percent last year, according to the International Energy Agency. But that only went so far. Thanks to China’s fast growth, the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions hit record highs in 2011....

China was the biggest contributor, with carbon dioxide output growing 9.3 percent — thanks in large part to a rise in coal consumption."...

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China emitted 4 billion tons more CO2 than the US in 2011, per AP:

12/2/12, "Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds per second," AP, Seth Borenstein

"The overwhelming majority of the increase (in 2011) was from China, the world’s biggest carbon dioxide polluter. Of the planet’s top 10 polluters, the United States and Germany were the only countries that reduced their carbon dioxide emissions....

The 2011 figures for the biggest polluters:

1. China, up 10 percent to 10 billion tons.
2. United States, down 2 percent to 5.9 billion tons
3. India, up 7 percent to 2.5 billion tons.
4. Russia, up 3 percent to 1.8 billion tons.
5. Japan, up 0.4 percent to 1.3 billion tons.
6. Germany, down 4 percent to 0.8 billion tons.
7. Iran, up 2 percent to 0.7 billion tons.
8. South Korea, up 4 percent to 0.6 billion tons.
9. Canada, up 2 percent to 0.6 billion tons.
10. South Africa, up 2 percent to 0.6 billion tons."  

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Obama takes personal charge of the "man caused global warming" crisis:

In November 2012, Obama took 'climate action' by giving $6 billion US taxpayer dollars to the Sultan of Brunei who owns 5000+ cars and to the Pres. of Indonesia, a country so corrupt even the World Bank says crime adds 20% to costs. Below, one of the Sultan's cars:

7/24/12, "The Sultan's Cars," wheel to wheel blog.
  

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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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"China opens a new coal mine every week." VP Joe Biden
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5/9/13, "Joe Biden: The Rolling Stone Interview," by Douglas Brinkley

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US taxpayers spent $10 million a day on "climate change" in 2011 alone. But it's nowhere near enough for parasite Sheldon Whitehouse and the genocidal billionaires in charge of this country:

1/15/11, In 2011 alone the US government diverted "$10.6 million (taxpayer dollars) a day to study, combat, and educate about climate change."...

1/15/2011, "How Much of Your Money Wasted on ‘Climate Change’? Try $10.6 Million a Day," Art Horn PJ Media. via Junk Science


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Yale 360 authors cite US government expenditures in climate over past 3 decades for US CO2 reductions which they say will continue:

4/21/12, "Why [CO2] Emissions Are Declining in the U.S. But Not in Europe," by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, newgeography.com
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"As we note below in a new article for Yale360, a funny thing happened: U.S. emissions started going down in 2005 and are expected to decline further over the next decade....

Why? The reason is obvious: the U.S. is benefitting from the 30-year, government-funded technological revolution that massively increased the supply of unconventional natural gas, making it cheap even when compared to coal."..
  






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