October 30, 2006
Unchecked Global Warming a Massive Threat to US and Global Economies
Unchecked Global Warming a Massive Threat to US and Global Economies
WASHINGTON—A major new report on the economics of climate change released today has the potential to alter the terms of the US global warming debate, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. The report, prepared for the British government by Sir Nicholas Stern, a former Chief Economist and Vice-President of the World Bank, concludes that the world economy faces the threat of a massive economic depression if urgent action is not taken to limit the damaging impacts of unconstrained global warming.
The report also demonstrates that the costs of reducing emissions of the heat-trapping gases that are causing climate change are much more modest than some claim. While the economic cost of global warming could be as much as 20 percent of world gross domestic product (GDP) each year, an investment of just one percent of annual GDP by 2050 could reduce emissions significantly and head off the worst projected impacts of climate change. The report looks at the net present value of implementing strong mitigation policies and finds that the benefits of such action exceed the costs by $2.5 trillion annually...
Palin was an appointee under Murkowski to "The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission." Did she exercise any type of understanding of Global Warming there? No, it was there she found scandal enough to propel her to the Governorship of the State.
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It was within this commission she wrangled a Trans Canada position for a gas pipeline for Alaska. Does she understand today the brevity of the issue?
No.
Does she care the Union of Concerned Scientists actually took her question serious enough to answer the question of what costs will impact the USA by doing nothing?
No, she doesn't care. Does she care about the brevity of any of her statements or actions?
Global warming denier Sarah Palin to appear at ‘Oil Palace’ in Texas.
Sarah Palin will soon take her rightful place as the queen of the Oil Palace. Event organizers in Tyler, TX announced that Palin will be speaking at the 60,000 square foot arena on June 24, following earlier appearances by her Fox News colleagues Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck. In fact, “people who have tickets for Beck, who is coming to the Oil Palace April 24, will have priority in buying tickets for Palin’s appearance.” It’s a fitting venue for Palin, who has referred to global warming science as “snake oil.” This morning, Palin doubled down with this Facebook posting:
The man-made global warming hysteria isn’t based on sound science, and the Obama administration’s energy policy isn’t based on sound economics. If the climategate revelations teach us anything, it’s that we need to cool down the rhetoric and fire up our common sense.
That’s the kind of rhetoric that seems fitting for the Oil Palace.
She denied NINE, not one but nine assessments regarding the Polar Bear. Did Sarah perform a study herself or have an assessment that stated differently? Nah. The Polar Bear got in the way of her rhetoric. That's all. Everything that matters isn't important when it comes to 'Agenda First Palin.'
Palin Fought Polar Bear Protections
Governor Discounted the Findings of Nine Recent USGS Studies
Aug. 31, 2008
...In defending her position, Palin has discounted the findings of nine recent U.S. Geological Survey studies which concluded that the polar bear's habitat is threatened by global warming, and the animals could be extinct before this century ends.... 
