As Newsbusters previously documented, NBC is giving 75 hours of air time to Al Gore and his global warming alarmism with his "Live Earth" concert. On June 20 MSNBC, NBC’s cable channel, ran featured Janet Larson from the Earth Policy Institute, a global warming alarmist, to paint a scary picture for the future.
Host Contessa Brewer started with her editorial comment "it was downright scary," and as Larson continued her frightening predictions, Brewer asked softball questions like "are [government officials] likely to listen to this study?" and "is there anything we can do to help change this?" Brewer never mentioned the cost of combating a scenario that may not materialize. The entire transcript is below.
CONTESSA BREWER: Is time running out when it comes to global warming? A group of scientists is using some of the starkest language yet in a new warning about the dangers of global temperatures. They describe the earth in imminent peril. And they describe dramatic changes that could be just decades away. Janet Larson is the director of the research for the Earth Policy Institute. Janet, it was downright scary.
JANET LARSON, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE: Well, it is indeed scary. Climate change affects everything, not only our temperatures, but our food systems and our water systems, sea level rises. New York City could end up partly under water, so the scenario is indeed frightening and something we need to act on soon.
BREWER: What are they looking at that requires such dire warnings?
LARSON: Well, what the scientists are looking at is climate records going back through, throughout historical time. And they know that the last 12,000 years have been relatively stable. We’ve had very constant temperatures during the time when our agriculture system evolved. And so they look beyond that to see what kind of fluctuations we’ve seen in the past, and they found that temperatures can swing up rapidly. And ice sheets like the, like in Antarctica and Greenland for instance can melt very rapidly causing fast sea level rises.
BREWER: From what you know about the way government responds to warnings climate change, are they likely to listen to this study?
LARSON: I think it's time that governments wake up. And what we’re seeing right now in the United States is even though the federal government has been slow to act on global warming, a lot of the action has been coming at the state level and the city level. Right now there is more than 500 city mayors in the United States, including some of the largest cities like New York and Los Angeles that have decided to take action for their cities and to commit to the greenhouse gas emission reduction goals set fort in the Kyoto Protocol.
BREWER: Alright. And if, and if individuals don't want to wait for government to act, is there anything that we can really do that helps change this?
LARSON: There are, there is so much, there is a lot that individuals can do. The most important things to pay attention to are how you get from place to place. Are you driving around in the most efficient vehicle you can? Are you car sharing and are you car pooling using public transport? How do you heat your home? Are you using efficient appliances and taking care of that. Also, think about what you eat and what you drink. Is your food traveling across the country to reach your dinner plate, or can you eat locally and save some of those greenhouse gas emissions associated with transporting your food a long way?



















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How much air time will they g
June 20, 2007 - 16:25 ET by mattmHow much air time will they give to this?
Sub-zero `bout covers it ...
June 20, 2007 - 16:46 ET by drillanwrSub-zero `bout covers it ...
Too Much!
June 21, 2007 - 07:32 ET by OiznopWay too much airtime. There is no such thing as Global Warming. And if there is, WE ARE NOT THE CAUSE! These elitists and their fear mongering. I wish one of Al Gore's freak shows were performing around here. I would love the opportunity to go and heckle those losers!
Globaloney Warming
June 20, 2007 - 17:02 ET by Lame CherryIf you remember a few days ago, the Wisconsin climatologist who called global warming a scam, well there was a woman in there to "refute" him too. The woman was a Professor Galen McKinley. In sharing facts with her that the sun actually warms the globe, her come back was long wave heating is "proven".
The "proof" these twits have for greenhouse gases is the misnomer of Venus. Venus is hot because it is near the sun like Mercury. If you notice earth is cooler and Mars is really cold.
If gases caused "global warming" then the huge Jupiter and Saturn would be on fire as they can collect more long wave heat (and we know distance from the sun has nothing to do with heating according to these prattlers)........and yet Jupiter and Saturn are both gas planets and cold.
Professor McKinley also receives huge funding for studying CO2 transfer and how it affects the environment in Lake Superior. Lake Superior is not even an ocean swell in affecting anything and yet these universities hand out money, because if they hand out money on dupe studies like this then they get rewarded by globalists with more funding.
This is how this sad little drama plays out. Janet Larson runs a "research" at Earth Policy Institute just like Professor McKinley. Their policies are intended to gain them more funding from people who give that money intending to enslave populations and confiscate property and money. It is a sadistic symbiotic war being waged on free peoples and being funded by money stolen from free peoples.
Oh and if you bother to look at Earth Policy Institute, one of their main objectives is killing people or also known as POPULATION CONTROL. All of these groups answer to the same cartels bent on controlling the world and turning "earth" into a religion for that control.
If you do research you can find this same ilk running the aborticide industry. It is all the same pattern set down to incorporate different comrades who can be duped to dupe others to bring about a world order of elites ruling instead of Republics as the United States is suppose to be.
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Records going back to...
June 20, 2007 - 17:03 ET by leeproWow! When and where did they unearth these records? You'd think the msm would jump on that!
WTF???!!!
June 20, 2007 - 20:46 ET by c5thenWell considering that it "started" in an ice age, then we had the medevil warm period that was significantly warmer than now, and then there was the little ice age where it was significantly cooler... So is a rough sine wave the halmark of a "relatively stable" system? It seems to me that it is better described as a cyclical system, no?
Is it a requirement that you have failed High School science AND math classes in order to work at MSNBC?
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic
c5then,I think the requiremen
June 20, 2007 - 20:49 ET by Semperrightc5then,
I think the requirement for MSNBC is a 6 3/8ths head and a 6 1/2 rectum for a nice snug fit.
Here's something else MSNBC
June 20, 2007 - 17:04 ET by mattmHere's something else MSNBC won't cover.
Come on, mattm! What the he
June 20, 2007 - 17:09 ET by drillanwrCome on, mattm! What the heck do you want the 24/7 MSM news to do? Like, research or something ... duh ...
Matt thanksThe first link i
June 20, 2007 - 20:54 ET byMatt thanks
The first link in your link leads to this link which is a list of links to the series
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
Mattm: I was just about to
June 21, 2007 - 06:49 ET by Seabeach4348Mattm: I was just about to post that very same study, but you beat me to it. It was at the top of the page on Drudge Report.
It also shows that there are more than just two scientists quoted by the "conservatives" who refuse to pollute the scientific process with the illogic and hysteria of the pop culture, RollingStoned magazine, PMS-NBC, and all the other hand-wringing alarmist imbeciles and their commie so-called "experts"
"And so they look beyond
June 20, 2007 - 20:38 ET by saw the light"And so they look beyond that to see what kind of fluctuations we've seen in the past, and they found that temperatures can swing up rapidly. And ice sheets like the, like in Antarctica and Greenland for instance can melt very rapidly causing fast sea level rises."
Soooooooooooooo,
We are causing global warming because of our CO2 emissions, which will cause the ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland to melt. This melting will, in turn, cause the sea levels to rise and swamp New York.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.
Tell me this, Ms. Larson: What caused the warming over 12,000 years ago? The cavemen burning too many trees in the "quest for fire?"
The libs make so much sense on this issue.
Maybe the people on the other
June 20, 2007 - 22:03 ET byMaybe the people on the other side should publish an article or two first. Then they might get invited on the air by the big mean news network. Aw.
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June 21, 2007 - 08:06 ET by steviep831?
The Wackos
June 20, 2007 - 22:03 ET by pbthinker"LARSON: Well, what the scientists are looking at is climate records going back through, throughout historical time. And they know that the last 12,000 years have been relatively stable. We’ve had very constant temperatures during the time when our agriculture system evolved. And so they look beyond that to see what kind of fluctuations we’ve seen in the past, and they found that temperatures can swing up rapidly. And ice sheets like the, like in Antarctica and Greenland for instance can melt very rapidly causing fast sea level rises."
Now, if she were interviewed by someone that knew something about the subject, or was at least able to display some curiosity, they might question her on this statement. Instead, you have outfits like NBC allowing these people to say what they please without grilling them. Just imagine who NBC would bring in to interview Senator Inhofe!!!
Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Seriously, you cannot have su
June 20, 2007 - 22:35 ET by dahliatraversSeriously, you cannot have such ill-informed people talking about the theory of AGW. They make themselves and the theory look foolish.
Or perhaps they do not care if the facts are correct, only that the theory is defended publicly.
You have hit the nail on th
June 21, 2007 - 08:22 ET by steviep831You have hit the nail on the head! It doesn't matter any more that most scientific findings are proving global warming to be false; all that matters is that there is a consensus by the American people that global wamring is our fault and we must do something about it. I'm almost inclined to be less efficient in my lifestyle... if everything wasn't so darned expensive these days.
Unfortunately there is a population out there who 1. have no clue and believe the Easter Bunny still exists, 2. are educated, but are undergoing peer pressure from all the media hype and nextdoor neighbors who fall into category #1, or 3. know there is no such thing as global warming but have been stealing money from you and me by making government think global warming exists...
Well, which is it? Stable or Fluctuating?
June 21, 2007 - 10:57 ET by acaiguanaWell, which is it? Stable or Fluctuating?
"LARSON: Well, what the scientists are looking at is climate records going back through, throughout historical time. And they know that the last 12,000 years have been relatively stable. We’ve had very constant temperatures during the time when our agriculture system evolved. And so they look beyond that to see what kind of fluctuations we’ve seen in the past, and they found that temperatures can swing up rapidly. And ice sheets like the, like in Antarctica and Greenland for instance can melt very rapidly causing fast sea level rises."
What a twit.
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)
LOL aca -- good pick up!I f
June 21, 2007 - 11:05 ET by Jack BauerLOL aca -- good pick up!
I fluctuated before I lived in a stable condition.