Sunday, 11th January 2009

Appeal to MPs on Climate Change Bill

Friends of the Earth (Malta) has appealed to all MPs to back the Climate Change Bill ahead of the vote to be taken in Parliament on Thursday.

With climate change being one of the most pressing concerns facing the EU, and with recent statistics revealing concern about escalating fuel and energy costs, FoE called for legislation which would commit the country to tackle emissions and renewable energy and define strict parameters if Malta is to reach its EU targets.

Through the integration of environmentally-friendly systems of transport and energy, Co2 emissions can be reduced through legally binding commitments to implement year-on-year cuts. These should be equal to at least a 30 per cent reduction of EU-wide domestic emissions by 2020 and 90 per cent by 2050.

Since February 2008, FoE Malta has been collecting signatures for a petition - backed by over 2,000 letters sent by concerned citizens to Members of Parliament - in support of the Climate Change Bill proposed by Labour MP Leo Brincat during the October 9 parliamentary session.

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Alex Ellul (on 13/1/09)

@MGDG: So below I gave you two examples of scientists who lost their job due to their skepticsm on AGW. There are much more victims of this inquisition. Because you see, AGW is not a science but a kind of religion with a small r. It has got its type of inquisition, its victims, its beliefs in a kind of afterlife (that the only life remaining on this planet in a hundred year's time will be Antarctica), and a kind of fundamentalism based on a perceived consensus and the stereotypnig of skeptics as 'flat-earthers', 'denyers', etc. But science is not based on consensus. If this was so then we would be flying high on anti-gravity machines, going back to the past and towards the future on time machines and making electricity from over-unity engines. Real science is made of mathematics and the physical laws.

Alex Ellul (on 12/1/09)

@MGDG: Al Gore and the IPCC scientists were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 not 2008. Let me repeat, Nobel Peace Prize, not the Nobel Prize for Science. Science is a somewhat different thing I would say, than politics. So, yet again, there's no science in Al Gore's and the IPCC scientists' Nobel prize.

Meanwhile the proof is in the pudding. After the warming, the planet has been cooling slightly since 1998. THIS winter we saw record low temperates all over the globe, exceeding the lows of 2008, while January 2008 saw the largest snow anomaly in the northern hemisphere, even exeeding that of 1984. Average winter ice in the northern hemisphere has been increasing since 2000 to last years near record.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/09/jan08-northern-hemisphere-snow-cover-largest-since-1966/

This winter we have the same situation up in the North pole with record ice and snow with near record lows across the globe.

Alex Ellul (on 11/1/09)

Botanist Dr. David Bellamy, a famed UK environmental campaigner, former lecturer at Durham University, and host of a popular UK TV series on wildlife, converted from believer to a skeptic about global warming. Bellamy, a committed environmentalist, now says that shift cost him his career at the BBC. Bellamy said in 2008, "My opinion is that there is absolutely no proof that carbon dioxide has anything to do with any impending catastrophe. The science has, quite simply, gone awry. In fact, it’s not even science any more, it’s anti-science. There’s no proof, it’s just projections and if you look at the models people such as Gore use, you can see they cherry pick the ones that support their beliefs."

J Azzopardi (on 11/1/09)

The IPCC is nothing but a front. It does not have the support of serious scientists.

Martin Galea De Giovanni (on 11/1/09)

...then go to the IPCC website if you want "real science"

Alex Ellul (on 11/1/09)

@MGDG: I followed your link. It starts with a big IF. All else is hype. Watch real science not IF statements

Martin Galea De Giovanni (on 11/1/09)

@ Ellul

Yes politicians should check what reputable scientists are saying. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is one such source. These scientists are the ones who have received the Nobel Prize in 2008.
You seem to treat scientific evidence as though it is a dogma. Please realise that scientific facts and data are always being debated upon, in an intelligent manner. What will you gain from business as usual ? Perhaps you should watch this video clip instead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORv8wwiadQ . Hopefully it will make you understand that a green economy is the way forward and that the fossil fuel economy is nothing but a fossilized dinosaur from the past.

Martin Galea De Giovanni (on 11/1/09)

The Climate Change Bill initiative is also being supported by BirdLife Malta, Din L-Art Helwa, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA), Light Pollution Awareness Group, Moviment Graffitti, Nature Trust Malta and Zminijietna.

Friends of the Earth Malta calls all citizens to show support by sending a letter to their local ministers asking them to vote in favour of the enactment of a strong Law to tackle Climate Change. You may do so by visiting www.foemalta.org/bigask.

Alex Ellul (on 11/1/09)

I appeal to our parliametarians to check what scientists are saying: namely: AGW is dead. Do not spend uneccessary funds on a debunked anti-science. It's money down the drain: Follow this link and then some more.

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Speeches&ContentRecord_id=b87e3aad-802a-23ad-4fc0-8e02c7bb8284&Region_id=&Issue_id=

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