[Coral-List] New York Times op-ed piece - thoughts for Phase II

[Phil Dustan]

Listers,
 I am afraid that the only something like a Cat 5 hurricane going up the
eastern US seaboard through Washington, New York, and Boston will get
anyone's attention. And even then Rush and Glenn Beck will preach to the
faithful that Obama caused it.
    Phil

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:32 PM, <Mhatziolos at worldbank.org> wrote:

>
>    Dear All,
>    Yesterday's NYT Week in Review featured two articles worth reading: the
>    first is along the lines of Ove's argument about the potential for rapid
>    change in the switch from fossil fuels  to renewables in the US,
> Europe, and
>    yes--even  China.  The switch depends on development of a breakthrough
>    technology that makes the price of wind or solar more attractive than
> it is
>    now. This may not be as far away as we think.
>    The second talks about the need to change the way we communicate about
>    climate change --similar to Randy's message. Basically, we need to
> become
>    climate psychologists to frame the message in ways that will create
> positive
>    reinforcement for incremental change that is solution oriented..
>    "There's still hope for the planet." By David Leonhardt (NYT Washington
>    Bureau Chief)
>    [1]
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/sunday-review/a-ray-of-hope-on-climate-
>    change.html?ref=sunday&pagewanted=print
>    "We're all Climate Change idiots."  By Beth Gardiner
>    [2]
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/opinion/sunday/were-all-climate-change-
>    idiots.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
>    Marea
>    ____________________________________________________
>    Marea E. Hatziolos
>    Senior Coastal and Marine Specialist
>    East Asia Pacific/Sustainable Development
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> References
>
>    1.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/sunday-review/a-ray-of-hope-on-climate-change.html?ref=sunday&pagewanted=print
>    2.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/opinion/sunday/were-all-climate-change-idiots.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
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