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Interesting article in the SF Chronicle regarding global warming in Yosemite.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/27/ING66FMV901.DTL&h
w=global+warming&sn=003&sc=738

Juan-Carlos Solis
Public Programs Coordinator
California Academy of Sciences
875 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Ph: (415) 321-8108  Fax: (415) 321-8601
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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:52 AM
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Subject: Re: global warming

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The web site of the Union of Concerned Scientists is a good place to  
start learning about climate skeptics and their funding:

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/skeptic-organizations.html

Carolyn

On Monday, November 28, 2005, at 09:38 PM, Eric Siegel (optonline)  
wrote:

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> I heard a surprising skeptical interview with a scientist named S.  
> Fred Singer on BBC news.  He was excoriating (if thats the word I  
> want) the montreal and preceding kyoto climate change conventions,  
> saying that they are worse than a waste of time and that human  
> activity should not change to forestall global warming.  Google shows  
> he is a reputable if controversial scientist.    My first instinct was  
> to dismiss his arguments as oil-company sponsored.  But it is pretty  
> convincing, here's a link to an extensive interview published by pbs.
>
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/debate/singer.html
>
> Eric Siegel
> Executive VP
>    Programs and Planning
> NY Hall of Science
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> Queens, NY 11368
> www.nyscience.org
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Carolyn Levi, Ph.D.
Director, COSEE New England
New England Aquarium
Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110-3399
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