Rolling Stone: "The Climate Killers" - 17 who are derailing efforts to curb global warming

[TomCADem]

Nice piece in the Rolling Stone. I like John McCain being listed as the "Flip Flopper" given his prior support of cap and trade. Not too many surprises with folks like the President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, but it is notable how certain scientists sign off on right pieces propaganda pieces in order to try to give such tripe some legitimacy for the corporate media.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31633524/the_climate_killers/

The Hack Scientist
Fred Singer
Retired physicist, University of Virginia

A former mouthpiece for the tobacco industry, the 85-year-old Singer is the granddaddy of fake "science" designed to debunk global warming. The retired physicist — who also tried to downplay the danger of the hole in the ozone layer — is still wheeled out as an authority by big polluters determined to kill climate legislation. For years, Singer steadfastly denied that the world is heating up: Citing satellite data that has since been discredited, he even made the unhinged claim that "the climate has been cooling just slightly." Last year, Singer served as a lead author of "Climate Change Reconsidered" — an 880-page report by the right-wing Heartland Institute that was laughably presented as a counterweight to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world's scientific authority on global warming. Singer concludes that the unchecked growth of climate-cooking pollution is "unequivocally good news." Why? Because "rising CO2 levels increase plant growth and make plants more resistant to drought and pests." Small wonder that Heartland's climate work has long been funded by the likes of Exxon and reactionary energy barons like Charles Koch and Richard Mellon Scaife.

[gateley]

1. K&R --

And thanks for posting the other Rolling Stone article. :hi:

[rockymountaindem]

2. AKA the people who are wrecking my future

I'm only 23. I'm going to have to live with this crap the rest of my life. Thanks guys.

[Orrex]

3. Well, don't take it personally

They're wrecking everyone's future.

[dysfunctional press]

4. anytime.

:hi:
i hope your generation is up to the challenges ahead.

[90-percent]

6. I'm 55

I apologize to your generation on behalf of what my generation has wrought on your futures.

-90% Jimmy

[Blue_Tires]

5. 5th rec

[TomCADem]

8. Update - James Inhofe Is Attacking EPA's New More Stringent Smog Regs

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20100107_16_0_WASHIN937441&allcom=1

Inhofe said if implemented, EPA proposal would place numerous communities across the nation on the nonattainment list and thereby impose severe restrictions on their ability to grow and promote economic development.

An Inhofe aide said the senator's concerns specifically included Tulsa County and others in the state.

Inhofe said such action would bring about "too little environmental gain." "Once again, as our nation faces difficult economic times, the Obama administration is seeking to impose more federal regulations that will drive up costs on families while destroying jobs," Inhofe said.

As the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Inhofe is a key player on such EPA issues.

Under the EPA proposal, the primary standard designed to protect the public's health would be set at a level between 0.060 and 0.070 parts per million measured over eight hours.

In March 2008, the standard was set at 0.075 parts per million.

[The2ndWheel]

7. 17 symptoms