tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13965259.post4301419650071527932..comments2008-01-03T18:33:25.845-07:00Leigh Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06350519875806330759noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13965259.post-81607353078200737972008-01-03T18:33:00.000-07:002008-01-03T18:33:00.000-07:002008-01-03T18:33:00.000-07:00blah blah blah Gore is God blah blah blah we've brainwashed these companies blah blah blah i don't care if the earth was warmer 1000 years ago blah blah blah recycle your feces blah blah blahLeigh Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06350519875806330759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13965259.post-78432077302237140172008-01-03T00:41:00.000-07:002008-01-03T00:41:00.000-07:002008-01-03T00:41:00.000-07:00Specifically, the "consensus" about anthropogenic climate change entails the following:<BR/><BR/>1) the climate is undergoing a pronounced warming trend beyond the range of natural variability;<BR/>2) the major cause of most of the observed warming is rising levels of the greenhouse gas CO2;<BR/>3) the rise in CO2 is the result of burning fossil fuels;<BR/>4) if CO2 continues to rise over the next century, the warming will continue; and<BR/>5) a climate change of the projected magnitude over this time frame represents potential danger to human welfare and the environment.<BR/><BR/>These conclusions have been explicitly endorsed by:<BR/><BR/>Academia Brasiliera de Ciências (Bazil)<BR/>Royal Society of Canada<BR/>Chinese Academy of Sciences<BR/>Academié des Sciences (France)<BR/>Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (Germany)<BR/>Indian National Science Academy<BR/>Accademia dei Lincei (Italy)<BR/>Science Council of Japan<BR/>Russian Academy of Sciences<BR/>Royal Society (United Kingdom)<BR/>National Academy of Sciences (United States of America)<BR/>Australian Academy of Sciences<BR/>Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts<BR/>Caribbean Academy of Sciences<BR/>Indonesian Academy of Sciences<BR/>Royal Irish Academy<BR/>Academy of Sciences Malaysia<BR/>Academy Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand<BR/>Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences<BR/><BR/>In addition to these national academies, the following institutions specializing in climate, atmosphere, ocean, and/or earth sciences have endorsed these conclusions:<BR/><BR/>NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS)<BR/>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)<BR/>National Academy of Sciences (NAS)<BR/>State of the Canadian Cryosphere (SOCC)<BR/>Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)<BR/>Royal Society of the United Kingdom (RS)<BR/>American Geophysical Union (AGU)<BR/>American Institute of Physics (AIP)<BR/>National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)<BR/>American Meteorological Society (AMS)<BR/>Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)<BR/><BR/>These organizations also agree with the consensus:<BR/><BR/>The Earth Institute at Columbia University<BR/>Northwestern University<BR/>University of Akureyri<BR/>University of Iceland<BR/>Iceland GeoSurvey<BR/>National Centre for Atmospheric Science UK<BR/>Climate Group<BR/>Climate Institute<BR/>Climate Trust<BR/>Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment and Energy<BR/>Royal Meteorological Society<BR/>Community Research and Development Centre Nigeria<BR/>Geological Society of London<BR/>Geological Society of America<BR/>UK Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment<BR/>Pew Center on Global Climate Change<BR/>American Association for the Advancement of Science<BR/>National Research Council<BR/>Juelich Research Centre<BR/>US White House<BR/>US Council on Environmental Quality<BR/>US Office of Science Technology Policy<BR/>US National Climatic Data Center<BR/>US Department of Commerce<BR/>US National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service<BR/>The National Academy of Engineering<BR/>The Institute of Medicine<BR/>UK Natural Environment Research Council<BR/>Office of Science and Technology Policy<BR/>Council on Environmental Quality<BR/>National Economic Council<BR/>Office of Management and Budget<BR/>The National Academy of Engineering<BR/>The Institute of Medicine<BR/>UK Natural Environment Research Council<BR/>Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology<BR/>Engineers Australia<BR/>American Chemical Society<BR/>American Association of Blacks in Energy<BR/>World Petroleum Council<BR/>The Weather Channel<BR/>National Geographic<BR/><BR/>The following companies agree with the consensus:<BR/><BR/>ABB<BR/>Air France<BR/>Alcan<BR/>Alcoa<BR/>Allian<BR/>American Electric Power<BR/>Aristeia Capital<BR/>BASF<BR/>Bayer<BR/>BP America Inc.<BR/>Calvert Group<BR/>Canadian Electricity Association<BR/>Caterpilliar Inc.<BR/>Centrica<BR/>Ceres<BR/>Chevron<BR/>China Renewable<BR/>Citigroup<BR/>ConocoPhillips<BR/>Covanta Holding Corporation<BR/>Deutsche Telekom<BR/>Doosan Babcock Energy Limited<BR/>Duke Energy<BR/>DuPont<BR/>EcoSecurities<BR/>Electricity de France North America<BR/>Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand<BR/>Endesa<BR/>Energettech Austraila Pty Ltd<BR/>Energy East Corporation<BR/>Energy Holding Romania<BR/>Energy Industry Association<BR/>Eni<BR/>Eskorn<BR/>ETG International<BR/>Exelon Corporation<BR/>ExxonMobil<BR/>F&C Asset Management<BR/>FPL Group<BR/>General Electric<BR/>German Electricity Association<BR/>Glitnir Bank<BR/>Global Energy Network Institute, Iberdrola<BR/>ING Group<BR/>Institute for Global Environmental Strategies<BR/>Interface Inc.<BR/>International Gas Union<BR/>International Paper<BR/>International Power<BR/>Marsh & McLennan Companies<BR/>Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company<BR/>MEDIAS-France<BR/>MissionPoint Capital Partners<BR/>Munich Re<BR/>National Grid<BR/>National Power Company of Iceland<BR/>NGEN mgt II, LLC<BR/>NiSource<BR/>NRG Energy<BR/>PG&E Corporation<BR/>PNM Resources<BR/>Reykjavik Energy<BR/>Ricoh<BR/>Rio Tinto Energy Services<BR/>Rockefeller Brothers Fund<BR/>Rolls-Royce<BR/>Societe Generale de Surveillance (SGS Group)<BR/>Stora Enso North America<BR/>Stratus Consulting<BR/>Sun Management Institute<BR/>Swiss Re<BR/>UCG Partnership<BR/>US Geothermal<BR/>Verde Venture Partners<BR/>Volvo<BR/><BR/>In addition, the scientific consensus is also endorsed by the CEO's of the following companies:<BR/><BR/>A. O. Smith Corporation<BR/>Abbott Laboratories<BR/>Accenture Ltd.<BR/>ACE Limited<BR/>ADP<BR/>Aetna Inc.<BR/>Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.<BR/>AK Steel Corporation<BR/>Alcatel-Lucent<BR/>Allstate Insurance Company<BR/>ALLTEL Corporation<BR/>Altec Industries, Inc.<BR/>American Electric Power Company, Inc.<BR/>American Express Company<BR/>American International Group, Inc.<BR/>Ameriprise Financial<BR/>AMR Corporation/American Airlines<BR/>Anadarko Petroleum Corporation<BR/>Apache Corporation<BR/>Applera Corporation<BR/>Arch Coal, Inc.<BR/>Archer Daniels Midland Company<BR/>ArvinMeritor, Inc.<BR/>AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP<BR/>Avery Dennison Corporation<BR/>Avis Budget Group, Inc.<BR/>Bechtel Group, Inc.<BR/>BNSF Railway<BR/>Boeing Company<BR/>Brink's Company<BR/>CA<BR/>Carlson Companies, Inc.<BR/>Case New Holland Inc.<BR/>Ceridian Corporation<BR/>Chemtura Corporation<BR/>Chubb Corporation<BR/>CIGNA Corporation<BR/>Coca-Cola Company<BR/>Constellation Energy Group, Inc.<BR/>Convergys Corporation<BR/>Con-way Incorporated<BR/>Corning Incorporated<BR/>Crane Co.<BR/>CSX Corporation<BR/>Cummins Inc.<BR/>Deere & Company<BR/>Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu<BR/>Delphi Corporation<BR/>Dow Chemical Company<BR/>Eastman Chemical Company<BR/>Eastman Kodak Company<BR/>Eaton Corporation<BR/>EDS<BR/>Eli Lilly and Company<BR/>EMC Corporation<BR/>Ernst & Young, L.L.P.<BR/>Fannie Mae<BR/>FedEx Corporation<BR/>Fluor Corporation<BR/>FMC Corporation<BR/>Freddie Mac<BR/>General Mills, Inc.<BR/>General Motors Corporation<BR/>Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.<BR/>Goodrich Corporation<BR/>Harman International Industries, Inc.<BR/>Hartford Financial Services Group<BR/>Home Depot, Inc., The<BR/>Honeywell International, Inc.<BR/>HSBC - North America<BR/>Humana Inc.<BR/>IBM Corporation<BR/>Ingersoll-Rand Company<BR/>International Textile Group<BR/>ITT Corporation<BR/>Johnson Controls, Inc.<BR/>JP Morgan Chase & Co.<BR/>KPMG LLP<BR/>Liberty Mutual Group<BR/>MassMutual<BR/>MasterCard Incorporated<BR/>McGraw-Hill Companies<BR/>McKesson Corporation<BR/>MeadWestvaco Corporation<BR/>Medco Health Solutions, Inc.<BR/>Merck & Co., Inc.<BR/>Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.<BR/>MetLife, Inc.<BR/>Morgan Stanley<BR/>Motorola, Inc.<BR/>Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.<BR/>National Gypsum Company<BR/>Nationwide<BR/>Navistar International Corporation<BR/>New York Life Insurance Company<BR/>Norfolk Southern Corporation<BR/>Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company<BR/>Nucor Corporation<BR/>NYSE Group, Inc.<BR/>Office Depot, Inc.<BR/>Owens Corning (Reorganized) Inc.<BR/>Pactiv Corporation<BR/>Peabody Energy Corporation<BR/>Pfizer Inc<BR/>PPG Industries, Inc.<BR/>Praxair, Inc.<BR/>PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<BR/>Principal Financial Group<BR/>Procter & Gamble Company<BR/>Prudential Financial<BR/>Realogy Corporation<BR/>Rockwell Automation, Inc.<BR/>Ryder System, Inc.<BR/>SAP America, Inc.<BR/>Sara Lee Corporation<BR/>SAS Institute Inc.<BR/>Schering-Plough Corporation<BR/>Schneider National, Inc.<BR/>ServiceMaster Company<BR/>Siemens Corporation<BR/>Southern Company<BR/>Springs Global US, Inc.<BR/>Sprint Nextel<BR/>St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.<BR/>State Farm Insurance Companies<BR/>Tenneco<BR/>Texas Instruments Incorporated<BR/>Textron Incorporated<BR/>Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.<BR/>TIAA-CREF<BR/>Tyco Electronics<BR/>Tyco International Ltd.<BR/>Union Pacific Corporation<BR/>Unisys Corporation<BR/>United Technologies Corporation<BR/>UnitedHealth Group Incorporated<BR/>USG Corporation<BR/>Verizon Communications<BR/>W.W. Grainger, Inc.<BR/>Western & Southern Financial Group<BR/>Weyerhaeuser Company<BR/>Whirlpool Corporation<BR/>Williams Companies, Inc.<BR/>Xerox Corporation<BR/>YRC Worldwide Incbrewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702994762887909770noreply@blogger.com