You really need to see this remarkable climate question from the 1988 VP debate: Mind-boggling.

Climate silence: It’s the right, stupid | Grist

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You really need to see this remarkable climate question from the 1988 VP debate: Mind-boggling.

And so we have this asymmetry of passion: on one side of the ledger a concentrated set of interests and voters who care, in a near life and death way, about the continued exploitation of dirty energy, and on the other side, a public with a weak, nonchalant preference for us to “do something” about that whole climate change thing. Barack Obama isn’t going to rectify this imbalance. The only way to get a sane climate debate in our national conversation is to create a cadre of activists and citizens and voters who will balance the ledger, who care as passionately about saving the planet from ruin as those on the other side do about their industry … because they see and understand just as viscerally as the other side, that, yes, this really is a life or death issue, not for one industry or one region of one state, but for the planet and every single person we love who lives on...

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@allisoncrimmins » 24 Oct '12, 4pm
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Why neither party is doing much about climate change--and why they won't unless we make them: [link]
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"Climate silence: It’s the right, stupid" by @drgrist: [link]
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RT @andyjmeyer: Quayle is amazing to watch. [link]
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Quayle is amazing to watch. [link]
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Never thought I'd say this, but we need a US politician who will take as good a stand on #climatechange as Quayle. [link] #fb
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Climate silence: It’s the right, stupid: Watch this absolutely extraordinary video from the 1988 vice presidenti... [link]
@EnviroEditor » 22 Oct '12, 10pm
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Watch this: Mind-bogglingly specific climate change question from 1988 VP debate: [link] Bravo: @climatebrad
@DanWoy » 22 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @AlexSteffen: Great 1988 VP debate question on climate highlights the success of Carbon Lobby in driving climate off public agenda [link]
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@ProgressMich » 22 Oct '12, 8pm
You need to watch this question from the 1988 Vice Presidential Debate on climate change: [link]
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Climate silence: It's the right, stupid - There's a lot being written about the absence of climate change from the p... [link]
@NJHighlands » 22 Oct '12, 8pm
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@cruickshank » 22 Oct '12, 8pm
This post from @drgrist on climate silence is excellent: [link] but there is one thing I'd add...
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RT @drgrist: You really need to see this remarkable climate question from the 1988 VP debate: [link] Mind-boggling.