Science Academies Turn Up Heat On Bush - MSNBC

[hatrack]

"In a move with uncharacteristic political timing, the national science academies of 11 countries, the United States among them, issued a statement Tuesday urging world leaders to take immediate action to curb gases tied to global warming.

The statement came as British Prime Minister Tony Blair met at the White House with President Bush, who opposes mandatory action, saying that while humans appear to be a factor in global warming, the science is not conclusive enough to take stronger steps.

But the academies, in their joint statement, said that "a lack of full scientific certainty about some aspects of climate change is not a reason for delaying an immediate response."

Blair, who favors mandatory action, is hosting a Group of Eight summit of world leaders next month in Scotland, and has made global warming a priority topic. Lord May, president of Britain’s Royal Society, said in releasing the statement that Bush’s policy on climate change was “misguided” and that the administration "has consistently refused to accept the advice of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences."

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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8131037/

[old blue]

1. Hell of a time for Bush to start demanding incontrovertible evidence.

I guess the case for global warming is less air-tight than the case for Saddam's WMD.

[hatrack]

4. Like he would care if incontrovertible evidence bit him on the ass

He wouldn't give a single solitary Goddamn if icebergs were drifting past Miami or if the USOC proposed beach volleyball events on the northern coast of Greenland.

[corbett]

5. What Lee Raymond Says, Goes (More)

http://www.exxonsecrets.org

[HereSince1628]

2. Don't worry about environmental collapse, it is scheduled for

after the rapture.

Only the evil will deal with the consequences and they deserve all the suffering they get, don't you know?

[Supersedeas]

3. Misguided on Science....no--no way, not Busholini

[struggle4progress]

6. Good. The scientists are getting a bit tired of the big smelly heap. eom

[kodi]

7. there's more evidence of global warming than if jesus walked the earth

put this situation in perspective.

bush is practicing lysenkoism for purely political and financial reasons. he is a charlatan

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. G8 scientists tell Bush: Act now - or else...

An unprecedented warning as global warming worsens

08 June 2005

An unprecedented joint statement issued by the leading scientific academies of the world has called on the G8 governments to take urgent action to avert a global catastrophe caused by climate change.

The national academies of science for all the G8 countries, along with those of Brazil, India and China, have warned that governments must no longer procrastinate on what is widely seen as the greatest danger facing humanity. The statement, which has taken months to finalise, is all the more important as it is signed by Bruce Alberts, president of the US National Academy of Sciences, which has warned George Bush about the dangers of ignoring the threat posed by global warming.

It was released on the day that Tony Blair met Mr Bush in Washington, where the American President was expected to reaffirm his opposition to joining the Kyoto treat to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Over dinner at the White House last night, Mr Blair appeared to make little progress on one of his main priorities for Britain's year chairing the G8 - a new international effort to combat climate change. The Prime Minister is trying to draw the US, China and India into the discussion, but there is little sign that the Bush administration will accept the growing scientific evidence about the problem.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=645071


I guess they don't realize that Bu$h doesn't give a damn. The sooner the world ends, the happier he will be.

[stevedeshazer]

9. G8 scientists tell Bush: Act now - or else...

An unprecedented warning as global warming worsens

An unprecedented joint statement issued by the leading scientific academies of the world has called on the G8 governments to take urgent action to avert a global catastrophe caused by climate change.

The national academies of science for all the G8 countries, along with those of Brazil, India and China, have warned that governments must no longer procrastinate on what is widely seen as the greatest danger facing humanity. The statement, which has taken months to finalise, is all the more important as it is signed by Bruce Alberts, president of the US National Academy of Sciences, which has warned George Bush about the dangers of ignoring the threat posed by global warming.

It was released on the day that Tony Blair met Mr Bush in Washington, where the American President was expected to reaffirm his opposition to joining the Kyoto treat to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Over dinner at the White House last night, Mr Blair appeared to make little progress on one of his main priorities for Britain's year chairing the G8 - a new international effort to combat climate change. The Prime Minister is trying to draw the US, China and India into the discussion, but there is little sign that the Bush administration will accept the growing scientific evidence about the problem.

more: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=645071

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Knowing Boosh, it's going to be "or else."

President Shortbus can't ever, ever admit he might have been a teeny bit in error about something.

[Pooka Fey]

11. This is important. Kicking. n/t

[sasquatch]

12. Or else what? Are they going to invade?

:shrug:

[stevedeshazer]

15. If the US were invaded by a pack of environmentalists,

I might join them!

[sasquatch]

19. Have you ever seen "Is Paris Burning?"

I would be one of those guys with a Joan of Arc cross armband, that's who I'd be.

[CantGetFooledAgain]

24. "Either the climate is with us..."

"...or it's with the terrorists".

[emald]

13. I get this funny picture

of shrub sawing on a violin while the country burns....hold it, it's my country too. I've been begging everybody who would hear that this SOB cares (and probably knows) nothing of science or reason. School was just a float through for him, no real need to learn, except how to snort. Man we as a country are getting screwed by some group with a front man dumber than a dime. Ain't nobody that matters got any balls?:mad:

[bloom]

14. Everyone should stop buying products of countries

that aren't doing anything about it.

[ninkasi]

16. What a tragedy

In addition to his other many failures, it is tragic that Bush is being inflicted on the world at a time when it is critical that we take action to try to stop the speed up of global warming.

We have all been dismayed at his disastrous policies in Iraq, on the economy, on the press, and on the working class citizen. He is also quite willing to drag the rest of the world with him into oblivion. He is too arrogant and stubborn to accept anything but what he has already decided.

This man will go down in history as having caused the most deaths, and the most global destruction of any one man. It's not just the loss of American democracy and lives; it's also the loss of the world's future.

[countmyvote4real]

17. Poor little lapdog gets no respect.

Even worse, Blair can't figure that out yet.

[mcctatas]

18. Well Hot Damn...

Bush is thrilled at this news, it just means the "Rapture" is coming soon!! Of course considering all of the damage his administration and the repukes have done to the planet and the people, maybe they will be the ones "left behind". Of course if you are anything like me and don't get your science from the bible, you do realize...We are so screwed!

[TaleWgnDg]

20. Hhhhmmmmmm . . .

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"PreConceptual Science" is George Walker Bush's "science"


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[Pachamama]

21. This is scary folks! Imagine, things are getting so bad that the G8

countries are being called upon to change and that scientists are speaking out so vocally...

I for one have always believed that the "governments" try not to give information unless absolutely necessary.

Like Peak Oil, I think there are certain things that our global leaders and especially the "economic leader" have not wanted the sheeple to know.

But you know its bad (I'm referring to Global Climate Change) when the Scientists start to talk about the need for urgent action being needed to "avert a global catastrophe"....

Yikes...:scared:

[fushuugi]

22. only now...

will we all find out how powerless our (mis)leaders are to rein in the corporate monsters and the subsequent consumer mindsets they have perpetuated.

[Piperay]

23. Chimp doesn't care cause

he wants a global catastrophe so that the rapture comes about soon. :freak: