Will Global Warming Heat Up 2012 Election?
Six months ago, I would have said no.
Now, I’m thinking there’s a good chance it may. I lay out the rationale over at the Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media. Also appearing today at the Yale Forum is Sara Peach’s meaty piece on the GOP’s dramatically changed stance on global warming. A related story by Julie Halpert surveys the media’s fact-checking of Republican Presidential candidates.
All in all, a nice package on this election day (in the U.S.) for you political/climate junkies.
If it is an issue it will be as helpful to Obama as his support of the Occupy “Movement.”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/occupy-vancouver-protesters-told-to-leave-after-police-officers-bitten-ammunition-stolen/article2229515/
Thanks for the mention, Keith!
The Oil will just end up being shipped by rail
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/23/us-oil-rail-analysis-idUSTRE77M4MJ20110823
Who owns BNSF Railroad? – Warren Buffet
Who is the Oracle of Omaha? Warren Buffet
Where is the Keystone XL ‘line drawn in the sand’ – Nebraska
Is it more or less environmentally friendly to transport liquids by pipeline or rail car?
All the Keystone XL fiasco will prove is that Naive Climate Activists can be ‘useful tools’.
No.
Unless we see an absolutely shocking heat wave over the next 12 months, global warming will remain dead in the water as a political issue. To the extent Democrats bring it up, it will rebound against them.
KK and the folks he quotes are thinking wishfully.
#1. Economy and jobs
#2 to #99. See #1