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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAl Gore: ‘Denial Industry’ Should be Penalized
http://www.esbtrib.com/2015/03/18/7807/al-gore-denial-industry-should-be-penalized/"Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has recommended that the deniers of climate change must be penalized during his talk at the main convention in Texas. The ecological advocate, moreover, suggests that officials who neglect climate change science must be penalized too.
Gore addresses at Austin, Texas South by Southwest (SXSW) group of conventions and event, figuring out that shareholders are now straightening money to another power companies, as against to those that entrust in the still-leading but increasingly traditional fossil fuel / carbon producing business. Such market development, Gore said, need to be stepping up by a value to what isnt preferred.
The denial industry persists to disregard the truth, says Gore. Particularly, in addition to 99 percent of the scientists, he also said that Mother Nature is now reflecting.
Climate Reality Project, a nonprofit established in 2006 that centered on climate change education. His proposition focused on the previous weather activities that may have been set off by human reasons or carelessness.
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Al Gore: ‘Denial Industry’ Should be Penalized (Original Post)
HuckleB
Mar 2015
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He says punish, I say SHAME them. Rick Scott should be arrested as an enemy of the human race
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#1
Why isn't Mother Nature's clear voice, that She IS indeed on fire, being listened to?
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#3
i think inhof CAN'T admit the truth cause it will damage his faith. GOD will not flood us AGAIN.
pansypoo53219
Mar 2015
#4
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)1. He says punish, I say SHAME them. Rick Scott should be arrested as an enemy of the human race
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)2. I can't argue against that!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)3. Why isn't Mother Nature's clear voice, that She IS indeed on fire, being listened to?
North, to Alaska, the Arctic Ocean, the Northwest Territories and Greenland, where it will begin first, how is that going? What about those current measurements and observations? How are the canaries doing?
No debate about that.
pansypoo53219
(21,007 posts)4. i think inhof CAN'T admit the truth cause it will damage his faith. GOD will not flood us AGAIN.
B2G
(9,766 posts)5. Has he said that the 'penalty' should be? nt
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)6. Good question. I'll have to dig into that.
B2G
(9,766 posts)8. Thanks. Because I'm really curious as to what the penalty should be
for a thought process or opinion, no matter how wrong we might think it is.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)9. I think he's talking about actions.
Companies that deny climate change and fail to enact appropriate actions or inactions based on that denial.
B2G
(9,766 posts)10. Well he's sufficiently vague so that we can assume anything
some good, some not so much.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)11. It looks like it's about carbon cap and trade and good old politics.
cali
(114,904 posts)7. how? that's awfully vague.
and what does he mean by "Mother Nature is now reflecting"?