Global Warming, leaked e-mails, and the Environmental Protection Agency
From The Newt Gingrich Letter through Human Events: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/
“Step Three: Off To Copenhagen While Climategate Raises Temperatures at Home
Next week President Obama will attend yet another summit, this one in Copenhagen, Denmark under the auspices of the United Nations. (TRUST NOTHING coming from the UN!—my addition) The point of the summit is to develop policies in response to the ‘consensus’ around scientific evidence that man’s activities are causing global temperatures to rise.
The problem is, there is no such consensus. And President Obama’s trip to Copenhagen—not to mention his administration’s attempt to curry favor with the international climate change crowd by announcing Monday that it will regulate carbon as a pollutant—is a dangerous travesty in light of this fact.
The emails uncovered from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit show a cynical attempt by leading climate scientists to manipulate data and suppress any dissent by scientists to the manmade climate change orthodoxy.
What’s worse, the emails reveal that the Climate Research Unit inexplicably lost or destroyed much of its original data (Which do you think it was?—my addition)—the very data that the United Nations relied heavily on to form the conclusions about climate change being acted on this week in Copenhagen.
Both Copenhagen and the EPA Rely on Lost or Destroyed Climate Data
And it gets even worse.
In making its announcement this week that greenhouse gases will be regulated by the government under the Clean Air Act—raising the costs of virtually every aspect of life in the United States—the Obama Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also relied on the mysteriously-gone-missing data of the Climate Research Unit. (Bureaucratic regulation is more dangerous than the “Cap and Trade” legislation presently being considered in the Senate and already passed in the House. Personally, I don’t believe Congress will agree upon an identical bill. If the EPA get’s its way, Congress doesn’t have to write a law—the EPA has done it for them! I expect a ton of law suits if this attempt to regular without a Congressional mandate goes forward. I’m also not concerned about a treaty coming out of Copenhagen since a treaty needs a ⅔ vote of the Senate for approval. That will NOT happen in the present Senate and I expect more Republican Senators after the next election. Again, Barack Hussein Obama might attempt to implement the basics of any treaty through the EPA and other parts of the bureaucracy. Who do you trust?—my addition)
It’s little wonder then, that Americans are increasingly not buying the alarmism. Polls show a dramatic decline in public belief that global warming is a serious problem.
If President Obama and the Democratic Congress are sincere in their belief that human activity is changing our environment, they will work to restore the public trust in the science they claim underlies this belief. (They can’t because the science DOES NOT support their almost mystical “belief” in “Global Warming!”—my addition)
Before anyone goes to Copenhagen, before any EPA ruling is implemented, and before cap and trade is voted on in the Senate, the Democrats who control Washington must open a full scale investigation into bias and politicization in the climate change community. (They won’t!—my addition)
This is More Than Politics, It’s Our Future
The old saying goes, ‘never murder your opponent when he’s busy committing suicide.’ And that may be good for politics, but this is much more than politics.
Democrats are in charge in Washington. Their fatal missteps are America’s fatal missteps.
For every American who believes in building a better future for our children and grandchildren, now is not the time for complacency.
Now is the time for action.
For more information, go to www.AmericanSolutions.com.
Your Friend,
Newt Gingrich”
From http://www.heritage.org/
“With your support the Heritage Foundation has delivered more than 44,000 comments to the Administration dissenting from EPA action that would have enacted costly regulations on families and businesses. But the fight isn’t over.
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ignored our comments (What’s new—my addition) and declared carbon dioxide to be a dangerous pollutant under the Clean Air Act—granting itself authority for an enormous, unprecedented regulatory undertaking. Because 85 percent of the U.S. economy operates on fossil fuel, the EPA would essentially have the ability to regulate every aspect of life in America.
(THE EPA theoretically MAY control our breathing. The following is from Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2007 [DVD]. Redmond, Wa: Microsoft, Corporation, 2006.
“Respiratory System: In anatomy and physiology, organs that deliver oxygen to the circulatory system for transport to all body cells. Oxygen is essential for cells, which use this vital substance to liberate the energy needed for cellular activities. In addition to supplying oxygen, the respiratory system aids in removing of CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization), preventing the lethal buildup of this waste product in body tissues. Day-in and day-out, without the prompt of conscious thought, the respiratory system carries out its life-sustaining activities. If the respiratory system’s tasks are interrupted for more than a few minutes, serious, irreversible damage to tissues occurs, followed by the failure of all body systems, and ultimately, death.
While the intake of oxygen and removal of CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) are the primary functions of the respiratory system, it plays other important roles in the body. The respiratory system helps regulate the balance of acid and base in tissues, a process crucial for the normal functioning of cells. It protects the body against disease-causing organisms and toxic substances inhaled with air. The respiratory system also houses the cells that detect smell, and assists in the production of sounds for speech.
The respiratory and circulatory systems work together to deliver oxygen to cells and remove CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) in a two-phase process called respiration. The first phase of respiration begins with breathing in, or inhalation. Inhalation brings air from outside the body into the lungs. Oxygen in the air moves from the lungs through blood vessels to the heart, which pumps the oxygen-rich blood to all parts of the body. Oxygen then moves from the bloodstream into cells, which completes the first phase of respiration. In the cells, oxygen is used in a separate energy-producing process called cellular respiration, which produces CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) as a byproduct. The second phase of respiration begins with the movement of CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) from the cells to the bloodstream. The bloodstream carries CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) to the heart, which pumps the CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization)-laden blood to the lungs. In the lungs, breathing out, or exhalation, removes CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) from the body, thus completing the respiration cycle.” [Thus, every time you and I breathe out, we ARE dangerous polluters according to EPA edict and possibly subject to EPA regulation. Are you ready for that nonsense?—my addition]
But, wait. That’s not all. As you all should know:
“Photosynthesis, process by which green plants and certain other organisms use the energy of light to convert CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) and water into the simple sugar glucose. In so doing, photosynthesis provides the basic energy source for virtually all organisms. An extremely important byproduct of photosynthesis is oxygen, on which most organisms depend.
Photosynthesis occurs in green plants, seaweeds, algae, and certain bacteria. These organisms are veritable sugar factories, producing millions of new glucose molecules per second. Plants use much of this glucose, a carbohydrate, as an energy source to build leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. They also convert glucose to cellulose, the structural material used in their cell walls. Most plants produce more glucose than they use, however, and they store it in the form of starch and other carbohydrates in roots, stems, and leaves. The plants can then draw on these reserves for extra energy or building materials. Each year, photosynthesizing organisms produce about 170 billion metric tons of extra carbohydrates, about 30 metric tons for every person on earth.
Photosynthesis has far-reaching implications. Like plants, humans and other animals depend on glucose as an energy source, but they are unable to produce it on their own and must rely ultimately on the glucose produced by plants. Moreover, the oxygen humans and other animals breathe is the oxygen released during photosynthesis.”
“Thus, virtually all life on earth, directly or indirectly, depends on photosynthesis as a source of food … and oxygen, making it one of the most important biochemical processes known.”
To simplify the process, while using oxygen to sustain our own lives, we produce carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is used by plants to produce simple sugar glucose and an extremely important byproduct of the photosynthesis process—oxygen. That oxygen produced by plants using carbon dioxide is continuously used by us to sustain life. Isn’t it a marvelous process CREATED by GOD? And yet the EPA has now identified carbon dioxide—a necessary ingredient of the life cycle on this planet—as a DANGEROUS pollutant that they will now attempt to regulate! Isn’t it marvelous what the mind of bureaucrats can conjure up!?)
And the economic effects of carbon dioxide regulations are grave:
1) cumulative gross domestic product (GDP) losses of $7 trillion by 2029,
2) single-year GDP losses exceeding $600 billion in some years,
3) energy cost increases of 30 percent or more,
4) and annual job losses exceeding 800,000 for several years.
This EPA announcement comes on the heels of the Climategate scandal, in which a significant number of emails and other documents from scientists at the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at East Anglia University in the United Kingdom were publicly revealed to show a blatant disregard for the scientific process and at worst a falsification of data. Whether or not these emails and documents demonstrate a deliberate cover-up of scientific data is not yet certain, but it surely is a reason to be further concerned with the notion of scientific consensus on global warming.
But regardless of the science, there is one notion all economists agree on: a cap-and-trade system will hurt our economy. (Candidate Barack Hussein Obama even admitted it during his campaign for President!—my addition) Experts from the liberal Brookings Institution to the independent Congressional Budget Office to the conservative National Association for Manufacturers agree with the Heritage Foundation that taxing American energy would result in fewer jobs and lower income—the only dispute is on just how many fewer jobs and how much less income.
Help us spread the word about the costs of a cap-and-trade system by going to NoEnergyTax.com. There you’ll be able to learn more about cap-and-trade and the EPA’s latest efforts at gaining greater control over our economy. (KEY = CONTROL! This administration is all about gaining control from “Cap and Trade,” to Nationalized Healthcare, to financing and regulating financial institutions, to nationalizing education from the cradle to the grave!—my addition) And if you have a Facebook account you’ll be able to sign into our new Facebook application and earn points for the information you share.
Thank you for your continued support of the Heritage Foundation.
Sincerely,
Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President
The Heritage Foundation”
From The Newt Gingrich Letter through Human Events: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/
“Step Three: Off To Copenhagen While Climategate Raises Temperatures at Home
Next week President Obama will attend yet another summit, this one in Copenhagen, Denmark under the auspices of the United Nations. (TRUST NOTHING coming from the UN!—my addition) The point of the summit is to develop policies in response to the ‘consensus’ around scientific evidence that man’s activities are causing global temperatures to rise.
The problem is, there is no such consensus. And President Obama’s trip to Copenhagen—not to mention his administration’s attempt to curry favor with the international climate change crowd by announcing Monday that it will regulate carbon as a pollutant—is a dangerous travesty in light of this fact.
The emails uncovered from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit show a cynical attempt by leading climate scientists to manipulate data and suppress any dissent by scientists to the manmade climate change orthodoxy.
What’s worse, the emails reveal that the Climate Research Unit inexplicably lost or destroyed much of its original data (Which do you think it was?—my addition)—the very data that the United Nations relied heavily on to form the conclusions about climate change being acted on this week in Copenhagen.
Both Copenhagen and the EPA Rely on Lost or Destroyed Climate Data
And it gets even worse.
In making its announcement this week that greenhouse gases will be regulated by the government under the Clean Air Act—raising the costs of virtually every aspect of life in the United States—the Obama Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also relied on the mysteriously-gone-missing data of the Climate Research Unit. (Bureaucratic regulation is more dangerous than the “Cap and Trade” legislation presently being considered in the Senate and already passed in the House. Personally, I don’t believe Congress will agree upon an identical bill. If the EPA get’s its way, Congress doesn’t have to write a law—the EPA has done it for them! I expect a ton of law suits if this attempt to regular without a Congressional mandate goes forward. I’m also not concerned about a treaty coming out of Copenhagen since a treaty needs a ⅔ vote of the Senate for approval. That will NOT happen in the present Senate and I expect more Republican Senators after the next election. Again, Barack Hussein Obama might attempt to implement the basics of any treaty through the EPA and other parts of the bureaucracy. Who do you trust?—my addition)
It’s little wonder then, that Americans are increasingly not buying the alarmism. Polls show a dramatic decline in public belief that global warming is a serious problem.
If President Obama and the Democratic Congress are sincere in their belief that human activity is changing our environment, they will work to restore the public trust in the science they claim underlies this belief. (They can’t because the science DOES NOT support their almost mystical “belief” in “Global Warming!”—my addition)
Before anyone goes to Copenhagen, before any EPA ruling is implemented, and before cap and trade is voted on in the Senate, the Democrats who control Washington must open a full scale investigation into bias and politicization in the climate change community. (They won’t!—my addition)
This is More Than Politics, It’s Our Future
The old saying goes, ‘never murder your opponent when he’s busy committing suicide.’ And that may be good for politics, but this is much more than politics.
Democrats are in charge in Washington. Their fatal missteps are America’s fatal missteps.
For every American who believes in building a better future for our children and grandchildren, now is not the time for complacency.
Now is the time for action.
For more information, go to www.AmericanSolutions.com.
Your Friend,
Newt Gingrich”
From http://www.heritage.org/
“With your support the Heritage Foundation has delivered more than 44,000 comments to the Administration dissenting from EPA action that would have enacted costly regulations on families and businesses. But the fight isn’t over.
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ignored our comments (What’s new—my addition) and declared carbon dioxide to be a dangerous pollutant under the Clean Air Act—granting itself authority for an enormous, unprecedented regulatory undertaking. Because 85 percent of the U.S. economy operates on fossil fuel, the EPA would essentially have the ability to regulate every aspect of life in America.
(THE EPA theoretically MAY control our breathing. The following is from Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2007 [DVD]. Redmond, Wa: Microsoft, Corporation, 2006.
“Respiratory System: In anatomy and physiology, organs that deliver oxygen to the circulatory system for transport to all body cells. Oxygen is essential for cells, which use this vital substance to liberate the energy needed for cellular activities. In addition to supplying oxygen, the respiratory system aids in removing of CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization), preventing the lethal buildup of this waste product in body tissues. Day-in and day-out, without the prompt of conscious thought, the respiratory system carries out its life-sustaining activities. If the respiratory system’s tasks are interrupted for more than a few minutes, serious, irreversible damage to tissues occurs, followed by the failure of all body systems, and ultimately, death.
While the intake of oxygen and removal of CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) are the primary functions of the respiratory system, it plays other important roles in the body. The respiratory system helps regulate the balance of acid and base in tissues, a process crucial for the normal functioning of cells. It protects the body against disease-causing organisms and toxic substances inhaled with air. The respiratory system also houses the cells that detect smell, and assists in the production of sounds for speech.
The respiratory and circulatory systems work together to deliver oxygen to cells and remove CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) in a two-phase process called respiration. The first phase of respiration begins with breathing in, or inhalation. Inhalation brings air from outside the body into the lungs. Oxygen in the air moves from the lungs through blood vessels to the heart, which pumps the oxygen-rich blood to all parts of the body. Oxygen then moves from the bloodstream into cells, which completes the first phase of respiration. In the cells, oxygen is used in a separate energy-producing process called cellular respiration, which produces CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) as a byproduct. The second phase of respiration begins with the movement of CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) from the cells to the bloodstream. The bloodstream carries CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) to the heart, which pumps the CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization)-laden blood to the lungs. In the lungs, breathing out, or exhalation, removes CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) from the body, thus completing the respiration cycle.” [Thus, every time you and I breathe out, we ARE dangerous polluters according to EPA edict and possibly subject to EPA regulation. Are you ready for that nonsense?—my addition]
But, wait. That’s not all. As you all should know:
“Photosynthesis, process by which green plants and certain other organisms use the energy of light to convert CARBON DIOXIDE (my capitalization) and water into the simple sugar glucose. In so doing, photosynthesis provides the basic energy source for virtually all organisms. An extremely important byproduct of photosynthesis is oxygen, on which most organisms depend.
Photosynthesis occurs in green plants, seaweeds, algae, and certain bacteria. These organisms are veritable sugar factories, producing millions of new glucose molecules per second. Plants use much of this glucose, a carbohydrate, as an energy source to build leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. They also convert glucose to cellulose, the structural material used in their cell walls. Most plants produce more glucose than they use, however, and they store it in the form of starch and other carbohydrates in roots, stems, and leaves. The plants can then draw on these reserves for extra energy or building materials. Each year, photosynthesizing organisms produce about 170 billion metric tons of extra carbohydrates, about 30 metric tons for every person on earth.
Photosynthesis has far-reaching implications. Like plants, humans and other animals depend on glucose as an energy source, but they are unable to produce it on their own and must rely ultimately on the glucose produced by plants. Moreover, the oxygen humans and other animals breathe is the oxygen released during photosynthesis.”
“Thus, virtually all life on earth, directly or indirectly, depends on photosynthesis as a source of food … and oxygen, making it one of the most important biochemical processes known.”
To simplify the process, while using oxygen to sustain our own lives, we produce carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is used by plants to produce simple sugar glucose and an extremely important byproduct of the photosynthesis process—oxygen. That oxygen produced by plants using carbon dioxide is continuously used by us to sustain life. Isn’t it a marvelous process CREATED by GOD? And yet the EPA has now identified carbon dioxide—a necessary ingredient of the life cycle on this planet—as a DANGEROUS pollutant that they will now attempt to regulate! Isn’t it marvelous what the mind of bureaucrats can conjure up!?)
And the economic effects of carbon dioxide regulations are grave:
1) cumulative gross domestic product (GDP) losses of $7 trillion by 2029,
2) single-year GDP losses exceeding $600 billion in some years,
3) energy cost increases of 30 percent or more,
4) and annual job losses exceeding 800,000 for several years.
This EPA announcement comes on the heels of the Climategate scandal, in which a significant number of emails and other documents from scientists at the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at East Anglia University in the United Kingdom were publicly revealed to show a blatant disregard for the scientific process and at worst a falsification of data. Whether or not these emails and documents demonstrate a deliberate cover-up of scientific data is not yet certain, but it surely is a reason to be further concerned with the notion of scientific consensus on global warming.
But regardless of the science, there is one notion all economists agree on: a cap-and-trade system will hurt our economy. (Candidate Barack Hussein Obama even admitted it during his campaign for President!—my addition) Experts from the liberal Brookings Institution to the independent Congressional Budget Office to the conservative National Association for Manufacturers agree with the Heritage Foundation that taxing American energy would result in fewer jobs and lower income—the only dispute is on just how many fewer jobs and how much less income.
Help us spread the word about the costs of a cap-and-trade system by going to NoEnergyTax.com. There you’ll be able to learn more about cap-and-trade and the EPA’s latest efforts at gaining greater control over our economy. (KEY = CONTROL! This administration is all about gaining control from “Cap and Trade,” to Nationalized Healthcare, to financing and regulating financial institutions, to nationalizing education from the cradle to the grave!—my addition) And if you have a Facebook account you’ll be able to sign into our new Facebook application and earn points for the information you share.
Thank you for your continued support of the Heritage Foundation.
Sincerely,
Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President
The Heritage Foundation”
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