Friday, February 02, 2007

Listen up, Senator Inhofe


For my UK readers, Senator Inhofe (of Oklahoma, I'm embarrassed to say) asserts that global warming is a "hoax". Take a look at what CNN says about the climate change report that came out today:

(CNN) -- The debate is over: Global warming is here and humans are "very likely" the blame, an international group of scientists meeting in Paris, France, announced Friday.

"The evidence for warming having happened on the planet is unequivocal," said U.S. government scientist Susan Solomon, who also is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

"We can see that in rising air temperatures, we can see it in changes in snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere. We can see it in global sea rise. It's unequivocal," she said.

In a 21-page report for policymakers, the group of climate experts unanimously linked -- with "90 percent" certainty -- the increase of average global temperatures since the mid-20th century to the increase of manmade greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Look, folks. There's no ambiguity there. It's real. We caused it. Now what are we going to do about it?

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