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Andrew Schenkel

Bill Clinton finds silver lining in America's climate change denial

The former president isn't too proud of the climate change deniers who have been elected to Congress, but he finds solace in the idea that we are alone on this one.

Wed, Dec 15 2010 at 4:19 PM EST

Former president Bill Clinton with President Obama SILVER FOX FINDS SILVER LINING: When the former president is trying to help the current one he talks about climate change and keeps a global perspective in mind. (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/Photo)
 
Former President Bill Clinton isn’t just making surprise appearances with President Barack Obama about tax compromises; he's also out there talking about climate change.
 
Clinton was recently on stage at the Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce Conference, where he spoke about many topics. Mary Vincent of Clean Tech and Green Business News wrote about Clinton’s speech on her daily blog and specifically mentioned what Clinton said about our warming planet.
 
One of the things I found interesting is how Clinton is able to look beyond the American perspective on climate change and remain positive. While he was clearly disappointed by the number of climate change skeptics voted into office in November, Clinton found a sliver lining because America is largely alone in this viewpoint.
 
“As far as I know, in the last election, we elected an enormous number of people who don't believe in climate change. They just say that in spite of the evidence, it's just not a problem. But thankfully, we appear to be the only country on Earth willing to give a congressional majority to people who deny it, so most people still think it's a problem,” said Clinton.
 
It’s good to hear a positive perspective on this whole situation. Clinton also went on to talk about how many of the countries that stand to be adversely affected by a warming planet are the world’s poorest, namely Afghanistan and Haiti. To see the entire speech, which also includes some great nuggets about WikiLeaks and an introduction by the super rad Stevie Wonder, check out the video below, or even better, check out Mary Vincent’s blog on the speech.
 
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Dan Pangburn 12/15/2010 23:54 PM

From 2001 through October, 2010 the atmospheric CO2 increased by 21.8% of the total increase from 1800 to 2001 while the average global temperature has not increased significantly and the trend of the average of the five reporting agencies from 2001 through 2009 is actually down. The 21.8% CO2 increase is the significant measurement, not the comparatively brief time period.

If you actually want to find out why it warmed during the 20th century, look at the time-integral of sunspot number..... More

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eyysbruce 12/15/2010 20:11 PM

every one should pay attention to climate change right?
like we cant throw our cheap nikes out!

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Revelator 12/15/2010 15:57 PM

Of course most countries are on board while most Americans are not. Dirt poor countries would say or do anything to get some more money out of Uncle Sam's pockets. It is the American taxpayer that is going to be largely responsible for footing the bill if these global warming shenanigans are allowed to flourish...

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