Month: April 2017

Obesity, Diet Pills & Death

Obesity, Diet Pills & Death

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Whether it’s climate science or medical science, a fake crisis leads to bad decisions that harm real people.

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April 10, 2017 at 04:41AM

No Consensus: G7 Energy Ministers Fail To Agree On Climate Change

No Consensus: G7 Energy Ministers Fail To Agree On Climate Change

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G7 energy ministers have failed to agree a statement on climate change this afternoon because of ‘US reservations’, it has emerged.

Top officials from the Group of Seven industrial nations gathered in Rome, Italy today amid growing concerns over the US administration’s moves to unravel policies aimed at stalling global warming.

Environmental activists fear US President Donald Trump is dismantling Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which aimed at reducing carbon pollution from power plants.

G7 energy ministers have failed to agree a statement on climate change. US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry (second left) speaks with Italy's Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda (left), as International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol (right) speaks with Canada's Minister of Natural Resources James Gordon Carr (second right) today

 G7 energy ministers have failed to agree a statement on climate change. US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry (second left) speaks with Italy’s Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda (left), as International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol (right) speaks with Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources James Gordon Carr (second right) today

Greenpeace was holding a sit-in outside Monday’s meeting, calling on officials to maintain their commitments to reduce greenhouse gases under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

However, the US ‘reserved its position’ on the text about commitments made by G7 countries under the Paris accord, said Carlo Calenda, the Italian minister for economic development, who chaired the meeting in Rome.

The ministers’ agenda had called for discussion of energy security, policies to move away from coal, natural gas routes and supply, sustainable development of electricity sources, alternative fuel scenarios and energy access and investments in Africa.

Lacking unanimity, Italy, which currently presides the Group of Seven, decided against proposing the joint statement, Calenda said.

The Paris Agreement, endorsed by members of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is a bedrock of international action against man-made global warming.

Top officials from the Group of Seven industrial nations - including Britain's Nick Hurd (third from right) gathered in Rome, Italy today amid growing concerns over the US administration's moves to unravel policies aimed at stalling global warming

Top officials from the Group of Seven industrial nations – including Britain’s Nick Hurd (third from right) gathered in Rome, Italy today amid growing concerns over the US administration’s moves to unravel policies aimed at stalling global warming

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April 10, 2017 at 04:30AM

Tony Heller: Extreme weather of 1936 and Hiding the warmth of early C20th

Tony Heller: Extreme weather of 1936 and Hiding the warmth of early C20th

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Tony Heller, AKA Steve Goddard, has published two short videos on youtube covering the topics of the extreme weather of 1936 compared to today, and the way temperature data has been manipulated to hide the 1940s-1970s cooling trend. Well worth 15 minutes of your time.

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April 10, 2017 at 03:54AM

Soros-funded report mocked for blaming 1989 Exxon Valdez spill on global warming

Soros-funded report mocked for blaming 1989 Exxon Valdez spill on global warming

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A report blaming the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in part on global warming has generated more ridicule than alarm, renewing scrutiny over the role of liberal foundations in keeping the fading #ExxonKnew social media campaign alive. The article, “The role a melting glacier played in Exxon’s biggest disaster,” earned a few hat tips from the […]

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April 10, 2017 at 03:30AM