24 October 2013 | 6:46 AM
In ad, veterans group challenges Cuccinelli on climate change (click here)
Ken Cuccinelli's climate change skepticism gets a military twist in a
new radio ad critical of the Republican nominee for governor that's
airing on Norfolk and Virginia Beach stations up to the Nov. 5 election.
In the spot from the left-of-center Vote Vets Action Fund, retired Army Brigadier General Steve Anderson alleges Cuccinelli's disbelief could endanger Virginia National Guardsmen deployed by the governor to respond to extreme weather emergencies.
"When bad storms hit, the governor often calls on the Virginia National Guard to save lives and protect property and businesses," states Anderson, an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. "So, Virginia needs a governor developing policies that make extreme storms less likely, keeping Virginians and our Guardsmen out of harm’s way."
"But Cuccinelli doesn’t believe in the science of climate change," he adds in the minute-long add. "Cuccinelli avoids the clear facts – putting Virginia families at risk. Denying climate change isn’t fighting for Virginia. And it’s not fighting for you."
As attorney general, Cuccinelli made headlines for challenging Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas findings and unsuccessfully suing the University of Virginia for the climate change research records of a former professor....
This is the analysis by the USA agency NOAA. This is not fiction. These records go back decades if not a century and validate Rapid Climate Change. Full degree temperature changes. That is a radical change in climate in a very short time period. This isn't just a degree higher one day and lower the next, these are sustained temperature increases manifesting over and above any cooler trend.
The veterans are absolutely correct in demanding the politics stop the denial of these deadly trends in climate that endanger soldier lives and the citizens they seek to protect.
Global Analysis - September 2013 (click here for NOAA report)
The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for September 2013 tied with 2003 as the fourth highest for September on record, at 0.64°C (1.15°F) above the 20th century average of 15.0°C (59.0°F).
The global land surface temperature was 0.89°C (1.60°F) above the 20th century average of 12.0°C (53.6°F), marking the sixth warmest September on record. For the ocean, the September global sea surface temperature was 0.54°C (0.97°F) above the 20th century average of 16.2°C (61.1°F), tying with 2006 as the fourth highest for September on record.
The combined global land and ocean average surface
temperature for the January–September period (year-to-date) was 0.60°C
(1.08°F) above the 20th century average of 14.1°C (57.5°F), tying with 2003 as the sixth warmest such period on record.
In ad, veterans group challenges Cuccinelli on climate change (click here)
In the spot from the left-of-center Vote Vets Action Fund, retired Army Brigadier General Steve Anderson alleges Cuccinelli's disbelief could endanger Virginia National Guardsmen deployed by the governor to respond to extreme weather emergencies.
"When bad storms hit, the governor often calls on the Virginia National Guard to save lives and protect property and businesses," states Anderson, an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. "So, Virginia needs a governor developing policies that make extreme storms less likely, keeping Virginians and our Guardsmen out of harm’s way."
"But Cuccinelli doesn’t believe in the science of climate change," he adds in the minute-long add. "Cuccinelli avoids the clear facts – putting Virginia families at risk. Denying climate change isn’t fighting for Virginia. And it’s not fighting for you."
As attorney general, Cuccinelli made headlines for challenging Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas findings and unsuccessfully suing the University of Virginia for the climate change research records of a former professor....
This is the analysis by the USA agency NOAA. This is not fiction. These records go back decades if not a century and validate Rapid Climate Change. Full degree temperature changes. That is a radical change in climate in a very short time period. This isn't just a degree higher one day and lower the next, these are sustained temperature increases manifesting over and above any cooler trend.
The veterans are absolutely correct in demanding the politics stop the denial of these deadly trends in climate that endanger soldier lives and the citizens they seek to protect.
Global Analysis - September 2013 (click here for NOAA report)
The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for September 2013 tied with 2003 as the fourth highest for September on record, at 0.64°C (1.15°F) above the 20th century average of 15.0°C (59.0°F).
The global land surface temperature was 0.89°C (1.60°F) above the 20th century average of 12.0°C (53.6°F), marking the sixth warmest September on record. For the ocean, the September global sea surface temperature was 0.54°C (0.97°F) above the 20th century average of 16.2°C (61.1°F), tying with 2006 as the fourth highest for September on record.
The combined global land and ocean average surface
temperature for the January–September period (year-to-date) was 0.60°C
(1.08°F) above the 20th century average of 14.1°C (57.5°F), tying with 2003 as the sixth warmest such period on record. 
