[Rhodes22-list] Captain Rummy's Answer
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ekroposki at charter.net
Sun Feb 4 10:27:43 EST 2007
Captain Rummy:
Unless they have installed heating equipment recently, your answer is wrong,
furthermore it may be a factor in global warming that is not discussed.
Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
Clue: http://en.allexperts.com/e/m/ma/mall_of_america.htm
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> Updated:2007-02-04 07:11:36
> 46 Nations Back New Environmental Body
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> By ANGELA CHARLTON and SETH BORENSTEIN
> AP
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> PARIS (Feb. 4) - Forty-five nations answered France's call for a new
> environmental body to slow inevitable _global warming_ (javascript:;)
> and protect
> the planet, perhaps with policing powers to punish violators.
>
> Absent were the world's heavyweight polluter, the United States, and
> booming
> nations on the same path as the U.S. - China and India.
>
> The charge led by French President Jacques Chirac came a day after the
> release of an authoritative - and disturbingly grim - scientific report
> in Paris
> that said global warming is "very likely" caused by mankind and that
> climate
> change will continue for centuries even if heat-trapping gases are
> reduced. It
> was the strongest language ever used by the Intergovernmental Panel on
> Climate Change, whose last report was issued in 2001.
>
> The document, a collaboration of hundreds of scientists and government
> officials, was approved by 113 nations, including the United States.
>
> Despite the report's dire outlook, most scientists say the worst
> disasters -
> huge sea level rises and the most catastrophic storms and droughts - may
> be
> avoided if strong action is taken soon.
>
> In his call to action at a French-sponsored environment conference on
> Saturday, Chirac said, "It is our responsibility. The future of humanity
> demands
> it."
>
> Without naming the United States - producer of about one-quarter of the
> world's greenhouse gases - Chirac expressed frustration that "some large,
> rich
> countries still must be convinced." They are "refusing to accept the
> consequences of their acts," he said.
>
> So far, it is mostly European nations that agreed to pursue plans for the
> new organization, and to hold their first meeting in Morocco this spring.
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> Chirac, 74, is seeking to leave his mark on international affairs before
> he
> leaves office, likely in May, though his own environmental record over 12
> years as France's president is spotty.
>
> Former Vice President Al Gore, whose Oscar-nominated documentary on the
> perils of global warming has garnered worldwide attention, cheered
> Chirac's
> efforts.
>
> "We are at a tipping point," Gore told the conference by videophone. "We
> must act, and act swiftly ... Such action requires international
> cooperation."
>
> The world's scientists and other international leaders also said now that
> the science is so well-documented, action is clearly the next step.
>
> "It is time now to hear from the world's policymakers," Tim Wirth,
> president
> of the United Nations Foundation, said Friday. "The so-called and
> long-overstated 'debate' about global warming is now over."
>
> Granger Morgan, an energy expert at Carnegie Mellon University in the
> United
> States predicted the new climate report "will kick a few more folks to
> get
> on board."
>
> And Jason Grumet, head of U.S. bipartisan advocacy group, the National
> Commission on Energy Policy, said: "The debate has clearly shifted from a
> battle
> over the science to fighting over the scope and design of the solution."
>
> However, many questions remain about Chirac's proposed new environmental
> body, including whether it would have the power to enforce global climate
> accords.
>
> Chirac's appeal says only that the group should "evaluate ecological
> damage"
> and "support the implementation of environmental decisions."
>
> Many countries have failed to meet targets for cutting greenhouse gas
> emissions laid out in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The United States has never
> ratified
> the pact. And on Friday, the Bush administration reiterated its rejection
> of
> imposed cuts on greenhouse gases.
>
> Earlier this week, Chirac warned in a published interview that the United
> States could face a carbon tax on its exports if it does not sign global
> climate accords.
>
> The _European Union_ (javascript:;) , which agreed to the Kyoto Protocol
> curbing emissions, has committed to a 20 percent reduction in carbon
> pollution
> by 2020, said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework
> Convention on Climate Change. And if others join them, they could even
> try for 60
> percent cuts by 2050, he said.
>
> The United Nations also is considering a summit of world leaders to
> tackle
> global warming, and de Boer said he would expect the United States to
> send
> high-ranking officials to it.
>
> Despite White House resistance to carbon-cutting measures with teeth, de
> Boer and Carnegie Mellon professor Morgan said they see movement in the
> United
> States anyway.
>
> "We are certainly building critical mass among opinion leaders and
> nontechnical folks," Morgan said from Pittsburgh, citing recent calls to
> action by
> corporate CEOs, even in the energy industry. "We are at the point over
> the next
> three to five years where the U.S. is going to get quite serious about
> it."
>
> And in May, the same international panel that wrote Friday's report will
> wrap up a new document spelling out the benefits and costs of slowing
> global
> warming, setting up a buffet of choices for policymakers.
>
> For now, scientists are energized that the world is finally listening to
> them.
>
> Kevin Trenberth, an American co-author of the new climate report,
> marveled
> at the overflow crowd of more than 400 reporters on hand for the
> document's
> release on Friday. It was more reporters than he'd seen in decades of
> climate
> conferences. He took out a small camera, smiled and took a picture of the
> media.
>
> Seth Borenstein is an AP Science Writer.
>
>
> Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP
> news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise
> distributed
> without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active
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