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Does John Kerry think this is sustainable?

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On a conference call with medical professionals on Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reviewed procedures for dealing with the H7N9 bird flu virus and urged American hospitals to be on the lookout for patients exhibiting flu-like symptoms who might have come into contact with the virus recently. The CDC warned that a failure to remain vigilant against the disease could potentially lead to a pandemic, such as the one that is threatening to take hold in China right now

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The U.S. and China agreed in a joint statement to create a “Climate Change Working Group” that will present cooperation opportunities “on technology, research, conservation, and alternative and renewable energy.” [ The Hill ] The statement starts: The United States of America and the People’s Republic of China recognize that the increasing dangers presented by climate change measured against the inadequacy of the global response requires a more focused and urgent initiative . The two sides have been engaged in constructive discussions through various channels over several years bilaterally and multilaterally, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change process and the Major Economies Forum

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The CMO (Chief Misinformation Officer) of the climate ignorati, Joe Nocera, has a new piece, “ A Real Carbon Solution .” The biggest of its many errors comes in this line: A reduction of carbon emissions from Chinese power plants would do far more to help reverse climate change than — dare I say it?

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Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who spent as much as $150 million on independent expenditures to bolster Republicans in the 2012 election, has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission that his Las Vegas Sands Corporation “ likely violated a federal law against bribing foreign officials.” “[T]here were likely violations of the books and records and internal controls provisions” of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the company said in its annual regulatory report published on Friday. Late last year, Adelson reportedly held meetings with at least one House GOP leader to discuss “possible changes to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” arguing that he had been the target of federal investigations under the Act as retribution for his strong support for Republican candidates. The Las Vegas Sands Corporation is suspected of improperly and in some cases illegally bribing Chinese government officials to expand its business in China.

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Climate Scientists Erring on the Side of Least Drama by Dana Nuccitelli, via  Skeptical Science A paper recently published in  Global Environmental Change by  Brysse et al. (2012) examined a number of past predictions made by climate scientists, and found that that they have tended to be too conservative in their projections of the impacts of climate change.  The authors thus suggest that climate scientists are biased toward overly cautious estimates, erring on the side of less rather than more alarming predictions, which they call “erring on the side of least drama” (ESLD). In this paper, Brysse et al.

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So it turns out that  burning nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined is not good for public health.

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[ *Technically, Obama said he was “surprised [global warming] didn’t come up in one of the debates,” but he is the friggin’ POTUS. He doesn’t actually have to wait for the moderator or an extreme conservative to broach the subject in 4 and a half hours of debates if he thinks it is truly such a “critical issue”! — JR ] By Brad Johnson Today, after the history-making silence on global warming during the national debates, MTV’s Sway Williams challenged President Barack Obama to address his climate silence. The president acknowledged to the young voters watching the Friday afternoon interview that the climate crisis is a “critical issue,” but said he was “surprised it didn’t come up in one of the debates”: The answer is number one, we’re not moving as fast as we need to.

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Following the first presidential debate, Fox has enthusiastically echoed Mitt Romney’s call to end public funding for Sesame Street and other public broadcasting. Fox’s attacks on public broadcasting have focused on criticism of Big Bird.

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by Matthew Rothschild, September 7, 2012 It was reassuring to hear him pronounce the three letters, “FDR,” again, which I thought had been deleted from the President’s alphabet. read more

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