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   One-World Government" - Secret Algore Email To The UN, ACLU, ACORN and CRU -   
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   Now we know the truth!!!   
      
   The bloggers were right!   Science was wrong again!!   Conservative commonsense   
   and special interests always trump science.  Except for that time with big   
   tobacco.   
      
   Now we know who are on to the big, secret plot by Al Gore, the legitimate   
   science community, President Bush, the national governments of the world and   
   the multinationals!!   
      
      
   They're obviously a bunch of Lefty Socialist Tree Huggers and they've even   
   got Bush, the US government and major multinational corporations brainwashed   
   because they say that it's happening too!!!   There are dozens of capitalist   
   multinationals who have been hoodwinked by Gore's Godless Socialist   
   Scientists into committing tens of $millions to greenhouse gas reduction!   
      
      
      
   Bush Admits to Role of Humans in Global Warming   
   By Caroline Daniel and Fiona Harvey   
   Financial Times   
      
      
   Thursday 07 July 2005   
      
      
   President George W. Bush yesterday acknowledged more openly than in the   
   past the role of human activity in causing global warming, as he   
   travelled to Scotland for the summit of the Group of Eight   
   industrialised nations.   
      
      
   "I recognise the surface of the earth is warmer and that an increase in   
   greenhouse gases caused by humans is contributing to the problem," he   
   said during a visit to Denmark en route to Gleneagles.   
      
      
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   Largest corporations agree to cut global warming emissions   
   February 20, 2007   
      
      
   More than 100 top executives from the private sector and leaders of   
   international governmental and non-governmental organizations   
   unveileved a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions. They said   
   governments need to take immediate steps to stop global warming.   
      
      
   "Failing to act now would lead to far higher economic and environmental   
   costs and greater risk of irreversible impacts," warned the Global   
   Roundtable on Climate Change in a statement issued Tuesday. "Long-term   
   success will require a concerted effort to de-carbonize the global   
   energy   
   system."   
      
      
   The Roundtable put forth a series of recommendations for world   
   governments to reduce the risk of climate change including setting   
   "scientifically informed" targets for global CO2 concentrations,   
   developing a carbon trading market, promoting energy efficiency and de-   
   carbonization through the increased used of renewable energy, providing   
   incentines to reduce deforestation and harmful land management   
   practices, implementing adaption strategies to prepare populations for   
   the impact of global change, and launching public awareness campaigns   
   to inform citizens of the risks of and solutions to climate change.   
      
      
   "Cost-efficient technologies exist today, and others could be developed   
   and deployed, to improve energy efficiency and to help reduce emissions   
   of CO2 and other GHGs in major sectors of the global economy," stated   
   the Roundtable. "Research indicates that heading off the very dangerous   
   risks associated with doubling pre-industrial atmospheric   
   concentrations of CO2, while an immense challenge, can be achieved at a   
   reasonable cost."   
      
      
   Alcoa, Ford Motor, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Toyota Motor North   
   America, and Wal-Mart are among the corporations that signed off on the   
   initiative.   
      
      
   With corporations now making up roughly two-thirds the world's 150   
   largest entities, the private sector is arguably as important as   
   governments in directing policy on climate change. This new initiative   
   will likely increase pressure on the world's largest polluters --   
   especially Europe and the United States -- to take action on the issue,   
   which could have a devastating economic impact. A study released in   
   October by the British government said that economic damage caused by   
   global warming could rival that of the Great Depression.   
      
      
   Atmopheric concentrations of carbon dioxide -- the principal greenhouse   
   gas produced by human activities -- currently stands at the highest   
   levels in at least 650,000 years according to research published in   
   2005. Most carbon emissions result from power generation, responsible   
   for more than 40 percent of energy-related emissions worldwide.   
   Overall, industry accounts for more than 18 percent of emissions,   
   transport 20 percent, and the residential and services sector 13   
   percent. The U.S. is the largest polluter, followed by China.   
      
      
      
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   Global Warming   
      
   What the science says...   
   The consensus position is generally defined as "most of the global warming in   
   recent decades can be attributed to human activities".   
   There are several ways you can approach the debate on scientific consensus.   
      
   Scientist roll call Much of the debate seems to consist of a show of hands and   
   parading of credentials. On the one hand, you have assorted scientists as   
   presented in the National Post Denier series. On the other side, you have the   
   IPCC stating anthropogenic emissions are the predominant cause of global   
   warming. If the IPCC is not your cup of tea, the following scientific   
   organisations also endorse the consensus:   
       * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   
       * Environmental Protection Agency   
       * NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies   
       * American Geophysical Union   
       * American Institute of Physics   
       * National Center for Atmospheric Research   
       * American Meteorological Society   
       * The Royal Society of the UK   
       * Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society   
       * American Association for the Advancement of Science   
   Academies of Science from 19 countries   
   The Academies of Science from 19 different countries all endorse the consensus.   
   11 countries have signed a joint statement endorsing the consensus position:   
       * Academia Brasiliera de Ciencias (Brazil)   
       * Royal Society of Canada   
       * Chinese Academy of Sciences   
       * Academie des Sciences (France)   
       * Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (Germany)   
       * Indian National Science Academy   
       * Accademia dei Lincei (Italy)   
       * Science Council of Japan   
       * Russian Academy of Sciences   
       * Royal Society (United Kingdom)   
       * National Academy of Sciences (USA) (12 Mar 2009 news release)   
   Additionally, the Academies of Science from another 8 countries (as well as   
   several countries from the first list) also signed a joint statement endorsing   
   the IPCC consensus:   
       * Australian Academy of Sciences   
       * Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts   
       * Caribbean Academy of Sciences   
       * Indonesian Academy of Sciences   
       * Royal Irish Academy   
      
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