Ed Markey: Deniers of global warming should 'start their own country'

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/113171-markey-global-warming-deniers-should-start-their-own-country-on-giant-ice-island-


Markey: Deniers of global warming should 'start their own country'
By Shane D'Aprile - 08/07/10 04:04 PM ET


Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) suggested a novel use Saturday for a 100-square-mile ice sheet that has broken off Greenland.

“An iceberg four times the size of Manhattan has broken off Greenland, creating plenty of room for global warming deniers to start their own country," Markey said in a statement. “So far, 2010 has been the hottest year on record, and scientists agree arctic ice is a canary in a coal mine that provides clear warnings on climate."

Some scientists have attributed the breaking off of the ice sheet to abnormally warm temperatures this year.

Markey, who chairs the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, co-authored the House version of the climate change bill that's currently stalled in the Senate.

He said it was "unclear how many giant blocks of ice it will take to break the block of Republican climate deniers in the US Senate who continue hold this critical clean energy and climate legislation hostage."

[Radical Activist]

1. People saying we need to focus on jobs or some other issue first don't get it.

The right to a job and health care don't mean anything if your workplace and hospital are destroyed.

[Kerrytravelers]

2. I would be happy to buy a ticket or two (or more) to send their rear-ends out to their new country.