Obama vs. physics: Why climate change won’t wait for the president

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Obama vs. physics: Why climate change won’t wait for the president

Change usually happens very slowly, even once all the serious people have decided there’s a problem. That’s because, in a country as big as the United States, public opinion moves in slow currents. Since change by definition requires going up against powerful established interests, it can take decades for those currents to erode the foundations of our special-interest fortresses. Take, for instance, “the problem of our schools.” Don’t worry about whether there actually was a problem, or whether making every student devote her school years to filling out standardized tests would solve it. Just think about the timeline . In 1983, after some years of pundit throat clearing, the Carnegie Commission published “A Nation at Risk,” insisting that a “rising tide of mediocrity” threatened our schools. The nation’s biggest foundations and richest people slowly roused themselves to ac...

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@RyanBrick14 » 08 Jan '13, 4am
Exactly right! Global warming won't wait for us to start paying attention [link]
@kylekasawski » 08 Jan '13, 3am
Physics is entirely uninterested in human timetables. Why climate change won't wait for politicians. [link]”
@jrauzon » 08 Jan '13, 1am
"We’re talking about a fight between human beings and physics." [link]
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RT @LibertyBelleJ: Climate change is not like gay rights or education; physics won't wait for politics to catch up. [link]
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RT @texyellowdogdem: Obama vs. physics: Why climate change won’t wait for the president | via Grist [link] #climatechange
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RT @drgrist: @billmckibben: Climate change isn't like gay rights/education; physics won't wait for politics to catch up [link]
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RT @SustainableLSE: Bill McKibben: "Social and political consensus changes too slowly to keep up with climate change" [link]
@lavbri » 07 Jan '13, 8pm
Disappointingly honest assessment of Obama's failure to address climate change [link]
@GreenpeaceSN » 07 Jan '13, 8pm
Physics will continue taking action on climate change no matter what Obama does... Does Obama know that? [link]
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RT @earthislandjrnl: If he were serious about tackling climate change, Obama would be doing more than just the obvious and easy: Bill... [link]
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RT @drgrist: From @BillMcKibben: AGW is not like gay rights or education; physics won't wait for politics to catch up. [link]
@drgrist » 07 Jan '13, 5pm
From @BillMcKibben: Climate change is not like gay rights or education; physics won't wait for politics to catch up. [link]
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RT @ghanscom: Bill McKibben on public education, gay marriage -- and why climate change won't wait for the president [link]
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Bill McKibben on public education, gay marriage -- and why climate change won't wait for the president [link]
@SustainableComm » 07 Jan '13, 3pm
The thoughtful and inspiring @billmckibben has a few words on #climatechange - and why we can't wait: [link]
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RT @NRDCBioGems: Climate change is not a fight between groups with conflicting opinions; it's a fight between human beings and physics: [link]
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@BillMcKibben's recent op-ed--"Obama vs. physics: Why climate change won’t wait for the president"--is a must-read: [link]
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Climate change is not a fight between groups with conflicting opinions; it's a fight between human beings and physics: [link]
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Bill McKibben: "Social and political consensus changes too slowly to keep up with climate change" [link]
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Obama's belated climate response a long way from telling car companies to retool to start churning out wind turbines. [link]
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Obama vs. physics: Why climate change won't wait for the president [link] (From @grist via @hypenoticbam)
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Obama vs. physics: Why climate change won’t wait for the president [link] the laws of physics trump all other laws.
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