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Originally Posted by MMM
Things seemed to have gotten a little quiet since Copenhagen started.
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Copenhagen will be a non-event. Congress will not agree to any treaty, and President Obama will not make any firm commitments. He will go through the motions because that is what is expected of him, but that will be the limit of his involvement or action. With his approval numbers now under 50%, and larger numbers of people becoming skeptical of global warming, Obama has his hands tied.
Al Gore canceled his appearance in Copenhagen, where people had paid $1200 per person to meet and be photographed with him. That the "king" of global warming won't be present in Copenhagen says quite a lot.
On a side-note, 1700 scientists in Britain signed a declaration saying that they believe the scientist behind global warming is correct. Left unsaid is that many of these scientists have nothing to do with global warming research, and there are reports now coming in that scientists were pressured to sign the declaration:
"A scientist told The Times of London he felt pressure to sign. "The Met Office is a major employer of scientists and has long had a policy of only appointing and working with those who subscribe to their views on man-made global warming," he said."