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Mayors of 7,400 Cities Vow To Meet Obama's Climate Commitments (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Mayors of more than 7,400 cities across the world have vowed that Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris accord will spur greater local efforts to combat climate change. At the first meeting of a "global covenant of mayors," city leaders from across the US, Europe and elsewhere pledged to work together to keep to the commitments made by Barack Obama two years ago. Cities will devise a standard measurement of emission reductions to help them monitor their progress. They will also share ideas for delivering carbon-free transport and housing. Kassim Reed, the mayor of Atlanta, told reporters he had travelled to Europe to "send a signal" that US states and cities would execute the policies Obama committed to, whether the current White House occupants agreed or not. Reed, whose administration has promised that the city of Atlanta will use 100% renewable energy by 2035, said 75% of the US population and GDP lay in urban areas, where local leaders were committed to fighting climate change. "We have the ability to still achieve between 35% and 45% CO2 emission reductions without the involvement of the national government and it is why I chose to be here at this time to send a signal to 7,400 cities around the world that now should be a time of optimism, passion and action," he said.
Come on, you never photoshopped yourself standing on the moon? Or anything else? The rest of us have which is why we think complaining about it makes you look like a stick-in-the-mud arse.
1. I have never photoshopped myself standing on the moon, or anything similar, and neither has anyone I know.
2. I have also never faked a Time magazine with myself on the cover and put it on the wall at work, and neither has anyone I know
3. These two things are not the same. Work is different from home, for a start
4. But, if anyone I knew had done either #1 or #2, they would be the subject of unending ridicule and in the case of #2, they'd be likely to be fired
5. If you genuinely have done this. If you really honestly have faked a picture of yourself to big yourself up, and not for shits'n'giggles, then holy shit you live in a different world from me.
It is well documented that conservatives, in general, are far more generous and charitable than liberals. Selflessness is not reflected in the forcing of others to pay higher taxes.
Mod this up +1 for "Most informed Fox News contribution" please.
CO2 is the problem, numbnuts. It is a greenhouse gas and given the volume we have been putting out for a century combined with widespread deforestation, we will have ever increasing warming due to it.
There is a reason scientific illiteracy is being fostered here in the US, see above post for the results.