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posted by janrinok on Friday December 23 2016, @04:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-an-ill-wind-that-blows-no-good dept.

An overwhelming majority of scientists, including numerous UCLA researchers, agree that we have to take action to curb the effects of climate change.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block joined leaders in higher education from more than 35 states today calling on incoming president Donald Trump's administration to protect the Earth's climate.

Chancellors and presidents from more than 170 colleges and universities signed on to the open letter calling for "aggressive climate action."

Trump has at times described climate change as a hoax and proposed withdrawing from the historic Paris climate agreement signed at the annual United Nations climate conference in 2015. An overwhelming majority of scientists, including numerous UCLA researchers, agree that climate change is caused by humans and will result in dramatic, disruptive changes within this century. UCLA research has projected that without drastic action, Los Angeles will heat up an average of 4 to 5 degrees by midcentury.

"As a university," Block said, "we have a deep commitment to research innovative solutions for tomorrow, to serve the greater public good and to educate the leaders of future generations. Strong federal and international climate action is critical to this mission."


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @04:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @04:27PM (#445066)

    Rising waters are a thing—certainly a potential thing; it makes sense to build up some kind of insurance against it.

    However, that doesn't mean that you must accept the worse predictions of Global Warming, or that you must accept such outcomes as being solely due to the preventable actions of man.

  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday December 23 2016, @05:01PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday December 23 2016, @05:01PM (#445093) Journal

    Yeah Cthulhu forbid we do stuff that grants us energy independence, cleaner air and water, and less pollution. What if we make the world a better place for no reason?! Hurrrrrr.

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    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @05:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @05:06PM (#445096)

      "We"

      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday December 23 2016, @05:12PM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday December 23 2016, @05:12PM (#445102) Journal

        Okay, you can go sit on the beach somewhere in Florida and drown slowly. That's absolutely fine by me.

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        I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
        • (Score: 4, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Friday December 23 2016, @05:37PM

          by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday December 23 2016, @05:37PM (#445118) Journal

          Don't worry, Trump and his buddies have a penchant for retiring to tropical islands. It's a problem that will solve itself, and will be a sorely needed laugh while the rest of us are bailing out our basements.

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          Washington DC delenda est.
    • (Score: 1) by fritsd on Friday December 23 2016, @07:21PM

      by fritsd (4586) on Friday December 23 2016, @07:21PM (#445170) Journal
    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday December 24 2016, @06:52AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 24 2016, @06:52AM (#445462) Journal

      Yeah Cthulhu forbid we do stuff that grants us energy independence, cleaner air and water, and less pollution. What if we make the world a better place for no reason?! Hurrrrrr.

      "What's good for General Motors is good for the US." This wouldn't be the first time that someone assumes that something they want is good for society.

      The whole reason we have a disagreement in the first place is because... we disagree. There's a lot of negative consequences to climate mitigation and the abandonment of cheap fossil fuel infrastructure being ignored here.

      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday December 24 2016, @04:59PM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday December 24 2016, @04:59PM (#445578) Journal

        Yeah, all those poor starving bankers and oil magnates...whatEVER will they do without those fat subsidies they depend on? I thought you hated welfare queens...

        We'll do what we always do in that vaunted free market of yours: we'll adapt.

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        I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday December 23 2016, @07:11PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Friday December 23 2016, @07:11PM (#445159)

    or that you must accept such outcomes as being solely due to the preventable actions of man.

    Good thing nobody is claiming that, then.

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    "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"