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U.S. environment chief uses humor, health argument to sell carbon plan

2013-09-20 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: When U.S. environment chief Gina McCarthy talked about cutting climate-warming carbon emissions on Friday, she offered a translation for those unfamiliar with the dropped "R" of her thick Boston accent. "I should make sure that everybody knows that when I say cahbon, it's c-a-r-b-o-n," McCarthy told a standing-room-only gathering at the National Press Club in Washington. As the chuckles subsided, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who was sworn into office in July,...

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The Kalam Cosmological Argument

2013-08-30 19:31:58| Commercial Real Estate Loans & Investment Sales

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United Kingdom: Energy policy: how not to win an argument

2013-08-18 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The worst time to try to sort out a difficult argument is after the fighting about it has begun. The UK government, by appearing to rush to judgment in favour of fracking for gas, has lost any power of persuasion it might have had in the more measured debate that remains necessary but now seems increasingly unlikely. Similarly, by choosing its first exploratory oil drilling site in the south in a picturesque village within easy reach of London just as the politicians go on holiday, the energy firm...

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