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blm

(112,873 posts)
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 10:41 AM Dec 2012

MotherJones: Sec of State Kerry would be a 'climate hawk'



<Kerry is among the most fierce advocates for climate action in the Senate. Here he is in a floor speech from August talking about why climate change is "as significant a level of importance" as Syria and Iran:

"Well, this issue actually is of as significant a level of importance, because it affects life itself on the planet. Because it affects ecosystems on which the oceans and the land depend for the relationship of the warmth of our earth and the amount of moisture that there is and all of the interactions that occur as a consequence of our climate."


http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/12/john-kerry-would-be-climate-hawk-state

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MotherJones: Sec of State Kerry would be a 'climate hawk' (Original Post) blm Dec 2012 OP
Yep.... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #1
I never trusted the GOPs dog and pony show re Rice. It was way over the top, and blm Dec 2012 #3
You may be Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #5
Pardon my cynicism.... Earth_First Dec 2012 #2
Well, he'd be the most pro-environment, pro-science nominee for Sec of State. blm Dec 2012 #6
Yeah, my objections to Kerry have never been based on the idea that he'd be bad Arkana Dec 2012 #4

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
1. Yep....
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 10:47 AM
Dec 2012

With the XL pipeline falling within the purview of the State Department, one has to wonder just how sincere is republican support for his
appointment. Meanwhile Susan Rice has investments in the fossil fuel industry, including that damned tar sands industry.

blm

(112,873 posts)
3. I never trusted the GOPs dog and pony show re Rice. It was way over the top, and
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 11:03 AM
Dec 2012

seemed more a ploy to goad Obama into naming her.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
5. You may be
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 11:15 AM
Dec 2012

absolutely correct. I think they honestly believed "the Black man" wouldn't be able to resist the dare. Fools, racist fools.

blm

(112,873 posts)
6. Well, he'd be the most pro-environment, pro-science nominee for Sec of State.
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 05:01 PM
Dec 2012

That's already ON the record.

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
4. Yeah, my objections to Kerry have never been based on the idea that he'd be bad
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 11:11 AM
Dec 2012

at the job, because I think he'd be fantastic.

My only regret is losing him in the Senate.

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