Links tagged “gingrich”
- CNN’s Crossfire debates Kerry: ‘Is the Environment Our Biggest Threat?; Kerry’s Climate Warning’
- Gingrich calls for ‘delusional’ Sec. John Kerry to resign for calling global warming the ‘world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction’
Gingrich: 'Every American who cares about national security must.demand [Kerry's] resignation.A delusional secretary of state is dangerous to our safety'
Climate Depot note: Gingrich has come a long way on global warming: Flashback 2007: Sen. John Kerry and Gingrich Hugging Trees — & (Almost) Each Other — Gingrich folds like pup tent in alleged ‘debate’ on AGW — ‘Positions himself as a tree-hugging green’ - Wash. Post: ‘Before Sen. John Kerry got a word in, Gingrich conceded that global warming is real, that humans have contributed to it and that ‘we should address it very actively.’ Gingrich held up Kerry’s new book, and called it ‘a very interesting read.’ — Kerry gushed: ‘I frankly appreciate the candor.’
- David Brooks in NYT nails it on Gore! ‘A Sad Green Story’: In 2006, ‘the global warming issue became associated with the highly partisan former VP.’
'Gore mobilized liberals, but, once he became the global warming spokesman, no Republican could stand shoulder to shoulder with him and survive. Any slim chance of building a bipartisan national consensus was gone.'
Climate Depot Response: 'Add in the fact that the global warming movement used the scandal ridden UN as the source of their science and you have double epic fail.'
- McKibben cites Climate Depot & Watts as ‘best’ sites: ‘Morano, one of the most skilled political operatives of the age…plays rough, he regularly publishes the email addresses of those he pillories’
'But Morano plays smart, too. He's a favorite of Fox News & of Rush Limbaugh, & he and his colleagues have used those platforms to make it anathema for any GOP politician to publicly express a belief in the reality of climate change. Take Newt Gingrich. Hounded by Morano,Gingirch was forced to recant again & again. His dalliance with the truth about CO2 hurt him more among the GOP faithful than any other single 'failing'
- Warmist Katharine Hayhoe’s ‘Global Weirding’ claims dismantled piece by piece
- BRAVO! Watch Now: Santorum At CPAC Rips the ‘Facade Of Man-Made Global Warming’
- GOP hopeful Santorum on global warming: ‘An absolute travesty of scientific research…I for one never bought the hoax’
Santorum: 'I for one understand just from science that there are 100 factors that influence the climate. To suggest that one minor factor of which man's contribution is a minor factor in the minor factor is determining ingredient in sauce that affects entire global warming & cooling is just absurd on its face and...unfortunately politicians who happen to be running for the GOP nomination for president who bought into man-made global warming and bought into cap-and-trade'
- Warmist Hayhoe on left-wing radio compares CO2 to ‘a tiny grain of the most deadly poison in the world’; Warmist D.R. Tucker claims that the climate skeptic movement is ‘intellectually dead’
At the 28:25 mark, the host refers to Marc Morano as 'Marc Moronic' -- At the 31:10, D.R. Tucker says that Morano went after him, and ;whatever he [Morano] is for, politically, I am against...Any ideology that tolerates that sort of behavior is a movement or an ideology that is intellectually dead as opposed to science, which is intellectually alive'
- Pelosi commercial helped undo Gingrich in Florida: ‘When conservatives see Gingrich with somebody like Pelosi, they go into cardiac arrest’
'The Romney campaign exploited a 2008 video in which Gingrich and Pelosi cooperated to promote action on climate change. Those attacks intensified when the campaign suggested that liberal billionaire George Soros helped to underwrite the video by giving $5 million in 2008 to the Alliance for Climate Protection, the nonprofit championed by Al Gore that produced the clip'
- Newt & Nancy’s Loveseat: Brought to You by George Soros: ‘Soros’ Open Society Institute gave the Alliance for Climate Protection $5 million in 2008′
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Harvard Medical School Will ‘Integrate Climate Change’ Into M.D. Curriculum
The Harvard Crimson: A Harvard Medical School committee voted last month to embed climate change into the school’s curriculum. In a meeting early last month, the HMS Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee voted unanimously to officially add climate change and health as a theme in the HMS M.D. curriculum. ... The new climate change curriculum will examine the impact of climate change on health and health inequality, applications of these impacts to clinical care, and the role of physicians and health institutions in arriving at climate solutions. ...
Caleb J. Dresser, a Climate and Human Health fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health said: “It’s been developing for years, as more and more medical students and faculty members have started to engage with this issue and to see it as a really important context in which we are all practicing medicine.” ... “It’s going to be increasingly important for people in leadership roles in healthcare and other industries to integrate climate change and climate-related hazards into their strategic decision-making as they lead organizations.”
HMS student Madeleine C. Kline said: “Every student who comes through the Medical School will leave with an understanding of what climate change is and what it means for their patients,” she said. “I think it is going to mean a lot for their patients.”
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You Will Go Nowhere & Be Happy! Biden Admin Floats New Strategy To ‘Address the Climate Crisis’: Don’t Leave Your House – Reduce CO2 emissions with more ‘remote work & virtual interactions’
The COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t all bad, a new Biden admin plan to fight climate change argues: It at least “highlighted major opportunities” to reduce travel demand and lower carbon emissions through “remote work and virtual interactions.” The plan—which President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency and Energy, Transportation, and Housing departments released in January—aims to “eliminate nearly all greenhouse gas emissions” from the transportation sector by 2050, mostly through a transition to electric vehicles. Also included in the plan, however, is a controversial call to reduce “commuting miles” through “an increase in remote work and virtual engagements,” including in education. ...
Jazz Shaw of Hot Air has a prediction: "I can’t shake the feeling that this brings us one step closer to a declared “climate emergency.” You people can all stay locked down in your homes voluntarily to save the polar bears or we can declare an emergency and lock you down like we did during COVID."
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Ban on anesthesia next?! Doc suggests ‘lowering the flow of anesthetic gas’ in patients to save planet – 1 hour of surgical anesthesia equivalent to driving as many as 470 miles
Anesthesia the next target in climate battle: Docs suggest reducing anesthesia: Would you suffer to combat climate change?
NY Post: Experts are now recommending that doctors reduce their use of certain kinds of anesthesia in order to combat the effects of climate change. Dr. Mohamed Fayed, a senior anesthetist at Detroit’s Henry Ford Health, made the suggestion during the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ annual conference last Friday in Orlando, Florida. “Global warming is affecting our daily life more and more, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions has become crucial,” he said. Dr. Fayed added, “No matter how small each effect is, it will add up. As anesthesiologists, we can contribute significantly to this cause by making little changes in our daily practice — such as lowering the flow of anesthetic gas — without affecting patient care.”
Research notes that inhaled anesthesia accounts for up to 0.1% of the world’s carbon emissions, which are regarded as the primary driver of global climate change. An hour of surgery using an inhaled anesthetic is equivalent to driving as many as 470 miles, according to a 2010 study.
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Flashback 2020 Study in American Cancer Society Journal in 2020 Fretted over ‘carbon footprint of cancer care’ - ACS Journal: "Climate change and cancer" - Excerpt: "To date, no studies have estimated the carbon footprint of cancer care...The energy expenditure associated with operating cancer treatment facilities and medical devices, as well as the manufacturing, packaging, and shipment of devices and pharmaceuticals, contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions in cancer care...Some cancer treatment facilities have begun to consider their own carbon footprint and started a process to achieve carbon neutrality."
Climate Depot's Morano: "Here is a question for the American Cancer Society: If you need cancer treatment, would you go to a cancer treatment center that was worried about its carbon footprint? Or one that was worried about delivering the best possible modern care possible?"
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Claim: Deadly fungal infection ‘Valley Fever’ is spreading across USA ‘because of climate change’
Researchers predict that by 2100, US case numbers will increase by 50 percent - Spread is due to global warming, meaning more hot areas for the fungus to grow. ... The fungus is endemic to the desert-like parts of the Southwest, and 97 percent of all American cases are found in Arizona and California. But a study in the journal GeoHealth predicted that, due to climate change, the endemic region of the fungus will spread north to include dry western states such as Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. In a high-warming scenario, this would mean that by 2100 the number of affected states could rise from 12 to 17, while the number of cases could increase by 50 percent.
