Hawaii Sen. Schatz files immigration bill amendment to award US citizenship to persons diplaced by man-caused climate change though scientists overwhelmingly say global warming stopped 15+ yrs. ago. Meaning the amendment indicates mental incompetence or attempted crime

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With only one functioning political party you have an openly criminal free for all.

6/21/13, "Immigration amendment would give legal status to victims of climate change," Daily Caller, Caroline May

"Hawaii Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz filed an amendment to the Senate immigration bill this week that would allow people displaced by climate change to seek conditional legal status, according to a report in ThinkProgress.

“The amendment I am proposing is quite simple. If enacted, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may designate individuals or a group of individuals displaced permanently by climate change as stateless persons,” Schatz said, according to ThinkProgress.

“Again, let me be clear about what this amendment does. It simply recognizes that climate change, like war, is one of the most significant contributors to homelessness in the world,” he added. “And like with states torn apart and made uninhabitable by war, we have an obligation not to deport people back to a country made uninhabitable by sea level rise and other extreme environmental changes that render these states desolate.”

“It does not grant any individual or group of individuals outside the United States with any new status or avenue for seeking asylum in the United States,” he said.

The Schatz amendment, introduced Wednesday, also calls for a Government Accountability Office study on “climate change-induced migration,” including the extent of internal migration due to climate change for the residents of Alaska, Hawaii, territories and other states, as well as the government costs associated with the migration.

ThinkProgress noted, linking to a Guardian article, that last year 32 million people were displaced from their homes due to disasters like storms, floods and earthquakes. According to The Guardian, 98 percent of the 32 million displacements were due to climate change." via Dennis Miller radio show

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1/18/13, UK Met Office says no warming since 1998:

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

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Der Spiegel (chart above, UK Met Office)  

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11/29/12, 134 scientists write to UN Sec. Gen., ask him to desist from blaming climate disasters on global warming that hasn't happened: "Global warming that has not occurred cannot have caused the extreme weather of the past few years."
 

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.2/21/13, “IPCC Head Pachauri Acknowledges Global Warming Standstill,” The Australian, Graham Lloyd

UN IPCC chief says no global warming for 17 years.

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6/11/13, "What to make of a warming plateau," NY Times, Justin Gillis 
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A May 2013 CBO report commissioned by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Ca.) states US on its own has little effect on global climate:

p. 14: "Acting on its own, the United States could have only a modest effect on the amount of warming."

May 2013 CBO report,"Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment" 

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The May 2013 Waxman commissioned report also says further US CO2 reductions will be meaningless, that global emissions won't improve without significant reductions from countries like China and India (page 14, left column), and that any further US CO2 reductions:

p. 14, "would be offset by increases in emissions overseas—."...
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Latest global CO2 emissions:

6/10/13, "US Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fall as Global Emissions Rise," Cato.org, Paul C. 'Chip' Knappenberger
   
"Notice that the U.S. is far and away the leader in reducing carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, while China primarily is responsible for pushing global CO₂ emissions higher. In fact, CO₂ emissions growth in China more than offsets all the CO₂ savings that we have achieved in the U.S."
 












  

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