Apple, the tech behemoth, has resigned its membership in the US Chamber of Commerce, effective immediately because of the position taken on climate change by the organization. Apple follows on the heels of Nike who also just resigned.
According to the New York Times:
The New York Times reports that Apple’s resignation is effective immediately. Catherine Novelli, vice president of worldwide government affairs at Apple, called the chamber’s stance on climate change issues “frustrating” in aletter addressed to its president and CEO.
“We strongly object to the chamber’s recent comments opposing the E.P.A.’s effort to limit greenhouse gases. … We would prefer that the chamber take a more progressive stance on this critical issue and play a constructive role in addressing the climate crisis
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Several energy companies have also left the Chamber of Commerce. Meanwhile, Bill Maher spoke explicitly and irreverently , as usual, on Friday night over the climate change issue:
Beyond a Reaonable Drought
According to Huffington Post, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), mentioned by Maher and known as the King of Global Warming Deniers, announced on C-Span over the weekend that he will go to Copenhagen later this fall to enlighten the scientists and he will present:
another view.” “I think somebody has to be there — a one-man truth squad,” he said. Throughout the program, Inhofe went through his tattered global warming denier claims: that climate change is a “hoax,” that CO2 is not a pollutant, and — latching on to the latest false right-wing talking point — that clean energy legislation will cost American families $1,700 a year
Bill Maher might be on to something. Forget science. Has anyone else noticed that the flowers and plants now last well in to November. Our 5 senses should be telling us something is different. When I was a kid, the growing season ended much earlier. Forget being a kid, when I was right out of college the growing season was shorter than it is now. Forget politics. Are there differences? Even if you don’t believe most of the scientists, are you willing to take the chance?
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Bill Maher is always irreverent and over the top.
Why does Senator INhofe think he is qualified to go speak to the scientists? That’s an area where I would just have to sit back and listen. I don’t have the background to assess global warming or climate change past that of a casual observer.
Actually, if you look at the planting advisory chart, our entire region has has been modified as of two years ago!
You mean the zones on the back of seed packages?
I have a nephew, now retired, who was the CEO of an international, and I MEAN the whole world, steel company. He firmly believes that all this talk about global warming is HOGWASH. He’s a scientist but not a climate specialist.
He is a member of an international organization based in Switzerland that’s fighting anything that might cause the industries to have to comply with any rules and/or laws that might add to the cost of manufacturing. They’ll fight it with all they’ve got, and they’ve got plenty.
There is a theory that this is just part of a cyclical weather pattern – if you look back historically – there have been warm times and cold times globally speaking. Or, it may be a combination of that pattern and some global warming, but not to the extent that one would be led to believe if it was pure global warming. These are long term cyclical patterns in the weather – a cycle lasting 100 years or more. There is no conclusive proof that everything we are seeing is 100% due to global warming.