Global Warming Has Arrived: Arctic Study

[tommcintyre]

http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/97061/1/

Global Warming Has Arrived: Arctic Study
Jim Lobe
OneWorld US
Tue., Nov. 2, 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov 1 (OneWorld) – With only eight weeks left before the elves finish their work and Santa Claus mounts his sleigh, an eight-nation study on global warming co-sponsored by the United States has concluded that the North Pole is melting beneath St. Nick.

The 144-page report, which is due to be officially released a week after Tuesday’s elections, says the accelerated warming of the globe – which it blames mostly on the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced by the industrial age – is transforming the Arctic region dramatically.

The Arctic “is now experience some of the most rapid and severe climate change on Earth,” according to the report, which was obtained by the New York Times and the Washington Post this weekend, apparently from European sources that wanted to publicize its findings before Tuesday.

The European Union (EU), some of whose member states co-sponsored the study, strongly supports the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse emissions, while President George W. Bush has rejected the accord. His Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, has called for the U.S. to rejoin negotiations on the treaty’s terms.

[Native_Iowan]

1. God What Horrible News...

with the environmental wifebeaters now arrogantly returned to power. I am in absolute despair.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Didn't you hear? The important stuff is leadership and moral values

chimp denies the existence of global warming. Enjoy the next 4 years.

[indigobusiness]

3. Apocalypse on the half shell...

with Texas-style coctail sauce.

[Delphinus]

4. How much more bad news can we take?

I'm about as low as I can go right now.

On the other hand, maybe this will speed the "Empire's" Armageddon.

[The Zanti Regent]

5. This means nothing to Christians

because they beleive Jesus is coming to take them away in a week or 2!

[anotherginger]

8. I wish someone would take me away for a while.... n/t

[IMayBeWrongBut]

6. Looks like it's a race to be the cause of the end of the world...

Who will win global warming or a Bush*(Can we really still use the star now?) induced world war?

[NeoConsSuck]

7. They've ended the tax breaks on SUV's

that's the extent of america's committment to end global warming </sarcasm>

[HereSince1628]

9. I am guessing Halliburton will build the dikes

Who else would be given no-bid contracts?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. What global warming?

President Bush said there's no such thing! He would never lie to us, would he?

I'll bet he calls for an EPA study... :puke: