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In reply to the discussion: Barack Obama 'seriously considering' hosting climate summit [View all]pscot
(21,024 posts)12. At some point we have begin educating the public
At least a summit would bring the discussion into the open. The media would have to cover it. The more the right howls about it, the greater the coverage. I can see a lot of upside to this, even if no new programs emerge directly as a result.
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Your replies make it apparent you didn't actually read the posts and links you replied to.
blm
Jan 2013
#40
Then you don't know Kerry and must be unfamiliar with his lifetime commitment to the issue.
blm
Jan 2013
#47
I want President Obama to get rid of Salazar,place someone in who is for American land/people first.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#63
Booting Salazar would be an early indicator that he's beginning to get the picture . .. .
hatrack
Jan 2013
#69
Salazar is very good at snookerin' the greenhorns but he's old school good old boy, not good.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#71
Absolutely. We need to be looking at generational-level, and hopefully even greater
Ghost Dog
Jan 2013
#59
They are already starting to mine/process Utahs shale oil and gas, same size as canadas fields.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#61
It's already approved just under other names our Fed. public land managers use to clear OUR land for
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#72
would this be a climate summit to acknowledge the depth of the problem and look for solutions, or
olddad56
Jan 2013
#15
Global warming? No Problem, lets pass a bill to ban it before it gets out of control.
olddad56
Jan 2013
#52
Instead of lip service, I'd prefer we talk about feeding hungry mouths when crops fail
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#31
Maybe it will peel a few Republicans into our corner if the U.S. is in CHARGE of the conference.
randome
Jan 2013
#67
There needs to be a Manhattan Project/Marshall Plan/New Deal/Apollo Moonshot approach
Uncle Joe
Jan 2013
#51