What to do when the rain won’t come?
If you’re Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, you pray. The governor will host a prayer service next week to ask for relief from the drought gripping the Southeast.
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
This post is the second of a two part series. Read the first installment, Unreported Emissions From Natural Gas Blow Up BC's Climate Action Plan.
Methane leaks from British Columbia's natural gas industry are likely at least 7 times greater than official numbers increasing the entire provinces' carbon footprint by nearly 25%. That's like putting 3 million more vehicles on BC's roads.
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Could Gelbspan possibly be any more obnoxious?
Mocking a guy for praying. How nice. And this coming from someone who presumably believes the weather can be controlled by the government.
I guess you didn't give yourself that Pulitzer for nothing.
Rob...
Go look in the mirror and see the full measure of obnoxious!
Or just
GO AWAY
Yeah, Rain Is The Last Thing You Want In a Drought
As it turns out, the joke is on Gelbspan:
"The rainfall came two days after Gov. Sonny Perdue led a prayer service on the steps of the state Capitol to beg the heavens for an end to the drought."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/ap_on_re_us/southern_drought_1