And, GORE is the "kisser of death" !!
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"Our dangerous over-reliance on carbon-based fuels is at the core of all three of these challenges -- the economic, environmental and national security crises. We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that's got to change," former Vice President and Nobel peace laureate Al Gore said yesterday in calling on the U.S. to move toward a "zero-carbon" system of producing electricity over the next decade. Mr. Gore also urged Congress not to overturn the current federal ban on offshore oil drilling, as The Wall Street Journal reports, saying it would have nothing to do with alleviating the currently stratospheric gas prices.
"By blocking some firms from competing for new leases, this legislation would further increase gasoline prices that already exceed $4 per gallon and result in unintended consequences due to litigation," the White House said, as House Republicans blocked a Democratic effort to pressure energy companies into drilling for oil on lands they already leased from the federal government, as the New York Times reports. Democrats used rules requiring a two-thirds majority for approval to deny Republicans an opportunity to offer their own proposal to open restricted coastal areas to oil rigs, the Times adds.
"In the future, with continued global warming, heat waves and heavy downpours are very likely to further increase in frequency and intensity. Cold days and cold nights are very likely to become much less frequent over North America. Substantial areas of North America are likely to have more frequent droughts of greater severity. Hurricane wind speeds, rainfall intensity, and storm surge levels are likely to increase. Other changes include measurable sea-level rise and increases in the occurrence of coastal and riverine flooding," the Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday in a report on the human impact of global climate change. Still, the Los Angeles Times notes that last week, the EPA effectively decided against regulating the emission of greenhouse gases, at least until after President Bush leaves office.
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