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Sixteen Concerned Scientists: No Need to Panic About Global Warming – WSJ.com

BySustainMe

Sixteen Concerned Scientists: No Need to Panic About Global Warming – WSJ.com:

Interesting group who signed off on this.

Certainly there are smarter things to do and less-smart things to do related to becoming sustainable. In some cases (many cases) the best way to sustainability is to bring a developing economy up out of poverty: you’re not very concerned about the environment if/when you are struggling to stay alive.
It should be interesting to see what the big COLD weather this winter in Can + Alaska will show in the melting ice caps.

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