PBS debate on the affects of Global Warming

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When top climate change scientists are being censored, you know they are probably speaking the truth.

<img width="261" vspace="10" hspace="10" height="115" border="2" align="right" src="http://www.enviance.com/blogimages/nasa_scientist.jpg" alt="Dr. James Hansen picture from NY Times" />There seems to be a lot of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/debate/" title="PBS Debate on Climate Change">debate</a> on just how much damage is being done to the world by global warming. Not to mention what the future will hold if we continue to increase our greenhouse gas emissions at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012801021.html" title="WA Post - Tipping Point GHG">current rates</a>.   Regardless of your personal opinions on the research out there, I find it interesting that some of the top climate change scientists from around the world are claiming to be censored.  What don't they want us to know?  Why are they gagging only one side of the story?  Last month it was the U.S. government trying to censor NASA’s top climate change scientist, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/science/earth/29climate.html?ei=5090&en=51c46d7689bee520&ex=1296190800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1139959881-Xq/d8r2u4oJ6eDjKqllVHQ" title="NY Times article on GHG censorship">Dr. James Hansen</a>.  Dr. Hansen said that the Bush administration tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture in December calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.  And now the Australians are following suit.  Today, three scientists who worked at the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), say they were pressured to keep their views on climate change to themselves <a target="_blank" href="http://sg.news.yahoo.com/060213/1/3yoia.html" title="Yahoo news on Australian GHG censorship"></a>so as to avoid clashing with government policy. The scientists claim they were expressly told NOT to talk about reducing greenhouse gases.  What are the governments so scared of? Maybe they're scared of the masses being convinced of the scientific data that reveals a significant warming trend in the earth's weather.  Ignoring the impact of climate change is getting difficult: Federal officials are considering declaring the polar bear a threatened species because rising Arctic temperatures are melting the ice pack that's their home. According to some experts, a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012801021.html">tipping point</a> exists where once our greenhouse gas emissions reach a certain value, it could trigger climate changes that would be irreversible. And once our governments finally come around to this realization, it will be too late.  According to European leaders like Tony Blair, we only have <a target="_blank" href="http://www.malaya.com.ph/feb15/envi1.htm" title="UK's Blair says we only have 7 years left">7 years left</a> to make significant reductions in our greenhouse gas emissions.  Hopefully our governments will wake up fast -- via a not-so-gentle nudge from their constituents.    by Erin Swanson <a href="mailto:ESwanson@enviance.com">ESwanson@enviance.com</a>  9 application/xml false climate change global warming greenhouse gas greenhouse gas emissions PBS debate on the affects of Global Warming Read a variety of opinions from top scientists around the world http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/debate/ Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him NY Times article on Dr. James Hansen http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/science/earth/29climate.html?ei=5090&en=51c46d7689bee520&ex=1296190800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1139959881-Xq/d8r2u4oJ6eDjKqllVHQ Washington Post Article "Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of Irreparable Change" Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012801021.html World has 7 years for key decisions on climate change UK's Tony Blair encourages world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions before it's too late http://www.malaya.com.ph/feb15/envi1.htm Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 jwuebben 74.202.198.130 false true false false true 205814 false false true false false false true 107524 blog blogsite/Enviance/web