German chancellor chides Congress on global warming

By | November 4, 2009, 10:09pm PST

Summary: German chancellor calls for global action on global warming.

Speaking to the U.S. Congress, Chancellor Abndres Merkel today called for international agreement to deal with global warming. She said it would mean breaking down the invisible walls of the 21st Century. This week marks the 20th anniversary of the breaking down of the Berlin Wall.

As the largest national economy inside the European Union, Germany has pushed aggressively for alternative energy and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The chancellor met loud applause when she talked about being tough on Iran or staying the course in Afghanistan. There was much less enthusiasm from American pols for her insistence that there needs to be action on global warming.

With the Copenhagen climate talks starting December 7 there’s agreement in advance there’ll be no legally binding agreement reached there. And U.S. will attend with no new legislaton in place to cope with greenhouse gases.

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Al Gore you need to give it up...
use_linux 5th Nov 2009
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Lies Lies Lies
use_linux 5th Nov 2009
Can someone PLEASE stop this non-sense articles
of the lies on this topic.

No one is believing this non-sense and if you
want to walk to work, live in a mud hut then go
for it don't cram it down my throat!

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Al Gore you need to give it up...
use_linux 5th Nov 2009
nt
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It's a shame that those in power in Germany have fallen
for this nonsense. There is plenty of research by other
scientists that refute the claim of man-made climate
change.
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Really? Show the research.
Reality-based Updated - 5th Nov 2009
Can you show the refuting research?
Not just the refuting scientists' pronouncements, but their research?
Not just editorials, but the kind of research you could cite in a master's thesis?

Shouldn't be that hard for you to present, since I hear there are thousands of scientists who don't agree with the consensus.
A few of them should have something good enough to present at scientific conferences.

Even a fifth-grader knows that when he does his math homework sheet, and multiplies out large numbers like 222*333, he can't just write down the answer, he must "show the work."
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Are you Al Gore?
use_linux 5th Nov 2009
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