Climate action

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Heirs to Rockefeller oil fortune divest from fossil fuels over climate change

Heirs to Standard Oil fortune join campaign that will withdraw a total of $50bn from fossil fuels

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/22/rockefeller-heirs-divest-fossil-fuels-climate-cha...

Right around the world people are hitting the streets to demand stronger action in climate change in what has already been dubbed as the biggest climate rally in history!!  How come our media hardly mentions it?

[jimmy*part4]

The march was to coincide with the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly .

The 69th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 69) will convene at UN Headquarters on Tuesday, 16 September 2014. The General Debate will open on Wednesday, 24 September 2014. The debate's opening was postponed from Tuesday, 23 September 2014, to accommodate the Climate Summit (resolution A/RES/57/301 and decision 68/512).  

http://sd.iisd.org/events/69th-session-of-the-un-general-assembly-unga-69/

Addressing a number of issues including...

Report on the 13th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

http://undesadspd.org/indigenouspeoples.aspx

My goal this week...avoid going into Mahattan at all cost! It's a traffic nightmare. They close off lanes so the diplomats can fly through the city no problem. The rest of us....a short drive from the east side to the west side can take over an hour.

[joz*garage]

.....why do you think something should be done about pollution if you think humans don't have an impact on the environment?

[jimmy*part4]

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@j*oono wrote:

When you can see the polluted sky in that photo is it any wonder they are concerned?  We should be too.

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Lol...it's Autumn here and that's a morning fog rising off central park. It's not like it was a long time ago. Even as a kid I remember seeing smoke billowing from the tops of every building, the choking fumes from trucks and buses, and even cars. All that's gone.

I couldn't find one going back to the 60s and 70s, but I'm sure it was much worse than 1990.

[jimmy*part4]

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@poddster wrote:

If it is pollution that is a concern then yes, do something about it. But to try to put a new dress on it and call it Global Warming/Climate Change/ Climate Diversity is a big stretch of the imagination, it is only called that because it appeals to the simple minded who have been conned int believing with not a scrap of proof that the pollution causes drastic adverse conditions in the global climate.

It is easy ti whip the simple minded int a frenzy on any issue, all that needs to be done is appeal to their ignorance, and rather than admit that they have not a clue they go along with anything that is fed to them so they can fool themselves into a false sense of of being among the informed.

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Speaking of simple minded...didn't you say you were never coming back.

[j*oono]

Well that is good news Jimmy.  It just goes to show that cleaning up our act can make a huge difference.

[poddster]

Joz, even if there was only one human in the entire world there would be an impact on the ENVIRONMENT to some degree

My issue is with the huge con job that has been fed to all and sundry that the pollution is causing drastic changes in the global climate and causing the temperature of the earth yo increase beyond its normal mean over the eons.

[jimmy*part4]

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@j*oono wrote:

Well that is good news Jimmy.  It just goes to show that cleaning up our act can make a huge difference.

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Yes. And they've really tightened up on car emissions. To get your car to pass inspection they put a probe in the tailpipe and it must be below a certain level or you fail and your current sticker is scraped off. now they even have cameras on the machine that can be viewed remotely by the Department of transportation. Cheating can easily be tracked and huge fines given out.

Although they really need to crack down on diesel. If it were up to me I'd outlaw diesel. Occasionally I get stuck behind an old diesel truck and it's as if someone lit a charcoal grill in my truck. Vents and windows closed...it's still horrible!

[joz*garage]

what could possibly be the benefits of a 'con job', pod?

(& isn't the atmosphere part of the environment?? 

[poddster]

Carbon tax, ETS, energy price hikes......... we have all seen those.

[jimmy*part4]

As far as why Tony Abbott wasn't at this meeting....His answer doesn't make sense.

First is this.....

World leaders including US president Barack Obama and UK prime minister David Cameron will attend the UN secretary-general's Climate Summit on September 23.

Mr Abbott will not be attending, despite the fact that he is due to attend a UN Security Council meeting in New York the next day.

But then this.....

Speaking to Radio National this morning, the PM said he was staying away from the climate talks because he needed to attend Parliament in Canberra early next week.

Ok. He couldn't be here Tuesday because he'll be in Canberra next week, but he can be here today, lol.

I'll say hello for yous!

Edit: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-16/eu-climate-chief-surprised-by-australia27s-un-summit-snub/5745...