This isn't about people who are protesting the warming of the globe. WorldNetDaily reported yesterday that activists are protesting the "cover-up."
Protesters, including survivors of Hurricane Katrina, launched a 37-hour vigil outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration today, calling for the agency's head to resign for "covering up" an alleged scientific link between severe storms and global warming.
They're calling for the resignation of the National Hurricane Center's director, Max Mayfield.
[The protest] is organized by a newly formed non-profit group called the U.S. Climate Emergency Council, which argues that of the six most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. in the past 150 years, three occurred within 52 days last year.
"Yet, despite a flurry of peer-reviewed scientific studies linking planetary warming to storms like Katrina, leaders at NOAA and the NHC continue to claim that the recent hurricane devastation is part of a 'natural cycle,'" the group says.
"These actions at NOAA and the NHC are part of an obvious political campaign orchestrated by the White House to avoid the serious cuts in fossil fuel use scientists say are needed to fight global warming. But by ignoring the science and denying the warming on behalf of Exxon Mobil and other major oil corporations, the Bush administration is putting millions more Americans this year and for years to come at great risk for experiencing the kind of suffering and loss seen throughout the Gulf Coast in 2005."
It's all Bush's fault, because he's in the pocket of Big Oil. Sounds familiar.
But I'm impressed this group thought of a new word to use when they came up with a name. The climate challenges they see, for once, aren't a Crisis--usually the favorite word of hysterics. This time, the climate is an Emergency.
And how are the protesters addressing the emergency?
The protest in Silver Spring, Md., near Washington, will continue through tomorrow at midnight, with picketing during the day and a candlelight vigil at night.
They'll be putting out lots of hot air during the day, and then they'll be warming the atmosphere with their candles at night. A little counterproductive, isn't it?
1 comment:
Makes perfect sense to me!
How arrogant it is of any of us to think that what we do can so significantly change our atmosphere. We cannot make it rain, make the sun shine, make snow fall, stop any storm, make it hot or cold, etc. In short, we aren't in control and frankly, I'm okay with that. I'll trust the earth to the Creator's Hands any day.
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