Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today for the 78th time in my ``Time to Wake Up'' series to urge my Republican colleagues that it is long past time to wake up to the growing threat of global climate change. For those who still deny the science--and believe it or not, that is where some of our colleagues still are--I remind them that virtually every credible scientific authority--and, no, the ones funded by the big carbon polluters don't count--virtually every credible scientific authority has moved beyond the question of whether our climate is changing or whether human carbon pollution drives these changes to now how it is happening and where it is happening. Climate change is no longer a forecast; it is happening before our eyes, all around us. The latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change--made up of the world's top climate scientists--call the fact that our Earth is warming ``unequivocal.'' Just last week the Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization said: ``We know without any doubt that our climate is changing and our weather is becoming more extreme due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.'' I repeat--he said ``without any doubt.'' It is actually evident to our own eyes now from observations and measurements--not projections or predictions--of increases in global warming air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and a rising global average sea level--a phenomenon that means a lot to my coastal Stat…”