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Climate change a threat

Nicole Pollock
Letters |
Friday, October 30, 2009

Climate change is a major threat to both people and wildlife. Maine residents should be concerned about that, as the state is built around nature and what it has to offer. According to the Defenders of Wildlife, if strong action to address global warming isn't taken soon, 20-30 percent of the world's plant and animal species will be at increased risk of extinction by 2050. However, any comprehensive climate and energy legislation must dedicate 5 percent of the funding generated to safeguarding fish and wildlife and the natural resources on which we all rely.

People can start to do their part by simply recycling. Recycling will also cut the costs to Lewiston and Auburn. The more material that is recycled, the more money the towns save on trash removal costs.

I don't know how many homes I walk by that have boxes just piled up on top of trash cans. People should set those boxes aside for the recycling company to pick up. The city makes money from recycling those boxes, which means cheaper taxes for all.

Nicole Pollock, Auburn

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concerned KD's picture

Evolution is an interesting

By concerned KD, unverified — Fri, 10/30/2009 - 14:08

Evolution is an interesting thing. For us to believe that we have been on earth long enough and that we know enough about the earths cycles to predict what is or will happen to this planet is extremely egotistical on our part as humans.. The earth existed for billions of years without our help and will continue to exist without our help.
Should we conserve energy and fossil fuels and seek alternative fuels? YES, it is only in our benefit to do so.. However if we poison this planet to the point that it kills off all life as we know it, hundreds or thousands of years down the road this planet will fix itself. Just as it has done thousands of times in its history through its eco-cycles. I prefer to listen to the non-partisan, non government employed scientists fo my truths.

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Hmm Gobal Warming wasn't

By jebbie47, unverified — Fri, 10/30/2009 - 12:59

Hmm Gobal Warming wasn't that changed?? oh yea Climate Change?? gee I'm getting confused to which is it??? here is some nice reading for yas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientists_opposing_the_mainstream_...

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I do not agree with the

By crash694, unverified — Fri, 10/30/2009 - 10:08

I do not agree with the global warming theary. First of all the European comunity of Scientes are all Strong left wingest. That have created a scar tactic, that has cause our country to cry out, and tell us that if we do not stop and save the earth from global warming we will all fall off the face of this earth. That is a bunch of Bull crap.
There has been repuded Scienties and know weather people that have shouwn proof the it is the reverse that is more true, The earth is not warming it has been cooling for the pass 11 years now, so what do that know say we are in a climate change to re pute there global warming stance. Another Geologis from Troronto University has studie the glasers and to see what and if it is in any way responcible to the So call global warmaning. They have found the glacers were over a 1 mile thinck and as they melted away they gouge a path north and form lake, canons etc. So in the great lake reagion also form by the receding ice, they notice that the water level was realso receding. What they discovered that the earth that had been compress from the ice age, glacers, had compress the earth so much it also made the impression of valleys etc. But with further testing found that the earth has been rising 2-3 feet in a 10 year span, causin the lakes look like there loosing water.
They should a simple experiment with by taking a wet sponge and compressing it for a period of time and relaeasing the preassure, the sponge will re tain it form after a period of time. Same here with the glaceres gone. The earthe is reclaming back to its original shape and form from 100000 year.
So the theroy of global warming and that there earth is false statement.

This evidency was shown on NGE some time last month and done through the Toronto University.
But i am also not saying that we should not recycle, as we are a country of throw away. Wich mean we are quick to just throw someting away if it is broken or of no use to us. But by recycling we can save some material and give them a second life.

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Now, if you could only find

By Mark Wrenn, verified user — Fri, 10/30/2009 - 12:23

Now, if you could only find a respected scientist who published a peer reviewed study debunking climate change, you'd be all set. Sorry, but there is not a single one out there.
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http://www.pas.rochester.edu/

By John Clement, verified user — Fri, 10/30/2009 - 21:52

http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~douglass/recent-publications.html

here ya go

crash694's picture

They are starting to come

By crash694, unverified — Fri, 10/30/2009 - 15:21

They are starting to come out.

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Hey LIL, check this out and

By concerned KD, unverified — Fri, 10/30/2009 - 13:13

Hey LIL, check this out and chew....

31,000 Scientists Debunk Al Gore and Global Warming

Monday, May 19, 2008 4:24 PM

By: Philip V. Brennan Article Font Size

An incredible 31,072 Americans with university degrees in science, including 9,021 Ph.D.s, have signed a petition that flatly denies Al Gore’s claims that human-caused global warming is a settled scientific fact.

Gore calls scientists and others who question the reality of human-caused global warming “deniers” and claims they are a tiny minority among the scientific community who he insists almost universally agree that the planet is being threatened by the alleged warming of the earth.

Gore told CBS’ Leslie Stahl on "60 Minutes" recently, "I think those people are in such a tiny, tiny minority now with their point of view. They're almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the world is flat."

These 31,072 scientists do not believe the world is flat, and they say there is no convincing scientific evidence that so-called greenhouse gasses are causing catastrophic heating of the earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the earth’s climate.

On Monday, Dr. Arthur Robinson of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, (OISM) announced the results of a drive asking scientists to sign a petition stating: “We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto Japan in December 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limit on greenhouse gasses would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind.”

The petition went on to say, “There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the earth’s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the earth.”

Robinson explained that the purpose of OISM’s petition project is to demonstrate that the claim of “settled science” and an overwhelming “consensus” in favor of the hypothesis of human-caused global warming and consequent climate damage is wrong.

Despite Gore’s extravagant claims, the petition shows that no such consensus or settled science exists.

In 2001, OISM circulated what was known as the Oregon Petition, and according to Lawrence Solomon, executive director of Energy Probe and author of “The Deniers: The World-Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution, and Fraud,” that effort, spearheaded by Dr. Frederick Seitz, past president of the National Academy of Sciences and of Rockefeller University, gathered an astounding 17,800 signatures.

To establish that the effort was bona fide, and not spawned by kooks on the fringes of science, as global warming advocates often label the skeptics, the 2001 effort was spearheaded by Dr. Seitz, a towering figure in the world of science.

Solomon wrote, “The Oregon Petition garnered an astounding 17,800 signatures, a number all the more astounding because of the unequivocal stance that these scientists took: Not only did they dispute that there was convincing evidence of harm from carbon dioxide emissions, they asserted that Kyoto itself would harm the global environment because increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the earth.”

According to Dr. Robinson, “As indicated by the petition text and signatory list, a very large number of American scientists reject this hypothesis.”

Solomon asked, “How many scientists does it take to establish that a consensus does not exist on global warming?”

© 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved.

heres over 31,000 of them for ya that took part in the studies. Some of them are some of the most respected scientists out there...You gonna let them they dont know what they are talking about... They're PH.D's and reputations would tell otherwise. =)

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Newsmax, seriously? And not

By Mark Wrenn, verified user — Fri, 10/30/2009 - 20:12

Newsmax, seriously? And not a sinlge one of them has put out a peer reviewed study! So chew on that.
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Well I suppose if you stick

By concerned KD, unverified — Sat, 10/31/2009 - 10:23

Well I suppose if you stick your head in the sand and refuse to look for the information you claim doesnt exist, THen in your narrow minded world it doesnt exist. The fact that the information was printed in newsmax does not negate the FACT that the petition exists and is backed by 31,000+ scholars and Ph.D's. And yes If they are all peers and they all reviewed the studies that back they're position then it is a peer reviewed study. Though this post didnt include the study, If you look you will find it. So if you choose just keep spending your money on carbon credits that accomplish nothing more than fattening the wallets of Al Gore and those that supposedly create industries that reduce carbon emmisions.... However If you read the correct/current information on the matter you cannot deny that the american public is being led by the wolves like we are sheep. And they are leading us right over the cliff of financial ruin as a country. A good example is the H1N1 vaccine.. And this is a serious point if you have children. The government is providing vaccines in all schools for children that have NOT been sufficiently tested on children. The fact that the vaccine is given through a nasal spray and then these vaccinated kids go back to class with other non vaccinated kids( if the parents so choose), susequently if your kid is not vaccinated and the vaccinated child sneezes or coughs on them from accross the desk, the non vaccinated child has now been exposed the the H1N1 virus and could now contract the illness. However if they could have created a vaccine that was injectable this would not be a risk. But they couldnt because the ingredients in the vaccine if injected wuld most likely kill or severely sicken everyone. so the question now is Will the vaccine successfully stop the spread of swine flu or Create the pandemic that they say they are trying to stop.This is the example I give to show that WE AS AMERICANS CANNOT BELIVE EVERYTHING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT TELLS US and take it as scripture. We MUST check the facts ourselves.If you believe THat the government does not have an agenda at play here whether it is global warming or swine flu or the public option in the healthcare bill you are the sheep following the wolves. Good luck.

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Al Gore is a idiot!!!!

By citrus, unverified — Fri, 10/30/2009 - 09:26

Al Gore is a idiot!!!!

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The earth's average global

By Andrew MacIsaac, verified user — Fri, 10/30/2009 - 07:06

The earth's average global temperature has not increased for the last 11 years.
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