The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it:

Moral Failing

postcarbon.org 16 Jul '12, 3pm

The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it:

With the national weather maps pinker than a Barbie® SUV , more Americans are grudgingly accepting that climate change is for real, that it's largely caused by humans, and that it's a major threat to us here and now. It's probably only a matter of time before America and the world finally start taking the problem seriously... ...and ExxonMobil and Rupert Murdoch are making sure that multinational corporations will be first in line with the solutions! The evidence? Two short quotes, and not a whole lot of inductive reasoning. Three weeks ago, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson was delivering a talk on energy at the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations. In answer to a question about the impacts of climate change, he said "[W]e believe those consequences are manageable... It's an engineering problem and it has engineering solutions." [source ] Then last week, on his not-quite-a...

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@daniellerch » 19 Jul '12, 4pm
@YaleE360 Pls don't feed misconception that geoengineering is a quick fix. Need to mention poss. negative impacts too. [link]
@daniellerch » 19 Jul '12, 4pm
.@Agent350 Looking fwd 2 seeing @ExxonMobil's #EngineeringSolution for #climate chg impacts like more intense heatwaves [link]
@daniellerch » 19 Jul '12, 4pm
@ThinkOutLoudOPB Looking fwd to seeing @ExxonMobil's #EngineeringSolution 4 #climate chg impacts like bigger wildfires. [link]
@jftheo1963 » 18 Jul '12, 6pm
Reading: "Moral Failing"( [link] )
@PZuppo » 16 Jul '12, 8pm
Big bad wolves ready to put on their sheep costumes & take over the green market. Ongoing self interest. Moral Failing [link]
@tweetingdonal » 16 Jul '12, 8pm
Moral Failing [link] via @postcarbon
@planetkooler » 16 Jul '12, 6pm
RT @postcarbon: Multinational corporations will solve climate change crises. Phew. [link]
@postcarbon » 16 Jul '12, 6pm
Multinational corporations will solve climate change crises. Phew. [link]
@daniellerch » 16 Jul '12, 6pm
The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it: [link]
@JohnRussell40 » 16 Jul '12, 4pm
'Oilgarchs' not in denial (well, maybe exc. Gina R) but it serves their short-term purpose: making a killing > [link] #climate
@MichaelEMann » 16 Jul '12, 4pm
RT @daniellerch: Esp when one knowingly spreads disinformation: [link] MT @SaveUsNowDotOrg @MichaelEMann Climate change denial is immoral
@daniellerch » 16 Jul '12, 4pm
Similar to denying reality of climate chg: [link] @JeremyLeggett @OIL_MEN "Denying the imminence of PeakOil is a Tragic Error"
@daniellerch » 16 Jul '12, 4pm
Esp when one knowingly spreads disinformation: [link] MT @SaveUsNowDotOrg @MichaelEMann Climate change denial is immoral
@daniellerch » 16 Jul '12, 3pm
ExxonMobil and News Corp accept #ClimateChange while sowing confusion = #MoralFailure of the highest order. [link]
@PostGrowthBot » 16 Jul '12, 3pm
Moral Failing [link] #postgrowth
@jaypeg » 16 Jul '12, 3pm
Moral Failing: By Simone, posted Jul 16, 2012: With the national weather maps pinker than a… [link]
@GaianCollective » 16 Jul '12, 3pm
Moral Failing [link]
@micald32 » 17 Jul '12, 12am
RT @daniellerch: The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it: [link]
@4589roger » 17 Jul '12, 12am
RT @daniellerch: The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it: [link]
@ChristopherWr11 » 16 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @daniellerch: The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it: [link]
@Wersula » 16 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @daniellerch: Esp when one knowingly spreads disinformation: [link] MT @SaveUsNowDotOrg @MichaelEMann Climate change denial is immoral
@BalanceInNature » 16 Jul '12, 9pm
RT @daniellerch: The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it: [link]
@DebbySchade » 16 Jul '12, 8pm
RT @daniellerch: The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it: [link]
@WTDeniers » 16 Jul '12, 8pm
RT @daniellerch: The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it: [link]
@PZuppo » 16 Jul '12, 7pm
RT @daniellerch: The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it: [link]
@MichaelEMann » 16 Jul '12, 7pm
RT @daniellerch: The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it: [link]
@Stroud_Bee » 16 Jul '12, 6pm
RT @postcarbon: Multinational corporations will solve climate change crises. Phew. [link]
@4589roger » 16 Jul '12, 6pm
RT @daniellerch: Esp when one knowingly spreads disinformation: [link] MT @SaveUsNowDotOrg @MichaelEMann Climate change denial is immoral
@David_w_J » 16 Jul '12, 6pm
RT @daniellerch: The courage of folks like @billmckibben @TempestWilliams & @MichaelEMann prompted me today to call it like I see it: [link]
@indivixen » 16 Jul '12, 4pm
RT @daniellerch: ExxonMobil and News Corp accept #ClimateChange while sowing confusion = #MoralFailure of the highest order. [link]