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Cooling on Global Warming

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Wall Street Journal: Cooling on Global Warming

Participants at last week's United Nations climate conference in Poznan, Poland, were taken aback by a world seemingly turned upside-down. The traditional villains and heroes of the international climate narrative, the wicked U.S. and the noble European Union, had unexpectedly swapped roles. For once, it was the EU that was criticized for backpedalling on its CO2 targets while Europe's climate nemesis, the U.S., found itself commended for electing an environmental champion as president.

The wrangle over the EU's controversial climate package at a separate summit in Brussels wrong-footed the world's green bureaucracy. The EU climate deal was diluted beyond recognition. Instead of standing by plans to cut CO2 emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2020, the actual reductions might be as trivial as 4% if all exemptions are factored in.

The Brussels summit symbolizes a turning point. The watered-down climate deal epitomizes the onset of a cooling period in Europe's hitherto overheated climate debate. It may lead eventually to the complete abandonment of the unilateral climate agenda that has shaped Europe's green philosophy for nearly 20 years.

The reasons for the changing political atmosphere in Europe are manifold. …

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5 responses to “Cooling on Global Warming”

  1. Virgil Avatar
    Virgil

    I am quite convinced that the anti global warming movement has ultimately a goal of infringing on free markets and the freedom of the individual. This is becoming more and more apparent.

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  2. vanskaamper Avatar
    vanskaamper

    Virgil…the “anti” global warming movement is anti free market? I thought it was the other way around…please explain.

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  3. Michael W. Kruse Avatar
    Michael W. Kruse

    Van, knowing Virgil, I’m sure what he meant by “anti global warming movement” are those people who believe global warming is primarily human caused and thus want to stop human factors that cause global warming, thus anti global warming.

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  4. Virgil Avatar
    Virgil

    Sorry vanskaamper, my brain was apparently on ice when I was typing. Actually you understood what I was trying to say anyways 🙂

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  5. vanskaamper Avatar
    vanskaamper

    Well, see, more conflicting data…Greenland’s ice is receding, but Virgil’s brain is cooling…and not a single computer model can explain it.

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