Articles tagged:global warming

Posted: Mon May 7 11:05 a.m. by Wayne Baker Community Contributor
Climate change: Are you 'alarmed' or 'dismissive'?

Global Temperature Change as calculated by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. In this chart, the analysts used mean annual temperatures based on data compiled from meteorological stations. The period from 1951 to 1980 was set, in this chart, as zero or “the base period.” The key conclusion of this ...

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Posted: Tue Feb 28 3:30 p.m. by The Associated Press
U-M poll: US belief in global warming rises with thermometer

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Posted: Wed May 5 4:09 p.m. by Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice

“It’s not someone else’s problem! It’s not tomorrow’s issue!” is how Rabbi Bob Levy of Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor described the mandate for people of faith, the broader community, and our political leaders to take action to stop climate change. Rabbi Levy was speaking at a press conference to ...

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Posted: Sun Dec 6 2:56 p.m. by Will Warner

It's clear that a changing climate will change the environment. But why is a changed environment a harmed environment? Environmentalism gives conflicting and ultimately incoherent answers. When asked this question, the typical person who calls himself an environmentalist answers that change will drown the Maldivians and bring on monster hurricanes ...

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Posted: Sun Nov 22 4:33 p.m. by Letters to the Editor

Wayne Appleyard’s does not think much of George Will’s “myths” on climate change (letter to the editor, Nov. 15) Wayne writes that “the consensus in the scientific community on climate change is now overwhelming” and that it “is the most serious issue to ever confront mankind.”

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Posted: Sun Nov 15 9 a.m. by Letters to the Editor

Last Sunday’s column by George Will (“Not the right climate for a climate change treaty” in the print edition) is just one in a long series of pieces by Mr.Will that try to perpetuate myths against the science of global warming (global climate destabilization is a more correct term).

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