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Wisconsin Residents Fed Global
Warming Scare Stories
Denise L. Behreandt
JBS
Thursday January 24, 2008
A Wisconsin-based environmentalist group makes
fighting global warming one of its top legislative priorities.
Follow this link to the original source: "What
Will We Win This Year?"
On January 30, 2008, the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters
(WLCV) will hold its Conservation Lobby 2008 event in Madison.
The purpose of the event is to encourage Wisconsin residents to
persuade their legislators to vote favorably on legislation backing
WLCV’s "Conservation Priorities." According to
the organization, one of its priorities this year is to "Stop
Global Warming by passing the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act to adopt
a science-based plan to reduce Wisconsin’s share of global
warming emissions."
The text of the bill "requires DNR to determine the level
of greenhouse gas emissions in this state in 1990 (including emissions
from the generation of all electricity used in this state) and
to set a statewide greenhouse gas emission limit for 2020 that
is equivalent to the 1990 level."
It further establishes "civil and criminal penalties for
violations of the greenhouse gas management provisions. The penalties
are the same as under the current air quality laws. The bill authorizes
DNR to impose fees on greenhouse gas emission sources that are
regulated under the bill. The bill also requires state agencies
to take actions to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions."
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Like many environmentalist organizations pushing global warming
based regulations, the WLCV attempts to use fear to generate support.
Its 2007-2008 priorities guide states: "Impacts from global
warming threaten Wisconsin’s way of life. More extreme weather
events such as increased flooding and more frequent droughts could
affect Wisconsin’s agriculture sector. Increased pests and
invasive species will impact farming and our forestry industry.
Human health will be impacted by extreme heat events and the air
quality problems associated with them. And the recreation industry
faces declining fish species and diminished winter recreational
activities."
This is baseless and undisguised propaganda. The evidence for
human induced global warming is shoddy, there’s no reason
to expect more extreme weather, and in cold weather climates,
if it were to happen, warming would be a boon to human health.
In his book Cool It, environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg notes: "In
Europe as a whole, about two hundred thousand people die from
excess heat each year. However, about 1.5 million Europeans die
annually from excess cold."
Maybe a little warming wouldn't be such a bad thing after all.
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INFOWARS:
BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
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