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| 1/22/2010 |
Global warming alarmism falling apart in light of 'Climategate' and IPCC errors
BURKE, Va. (BP)--One of the most alarming warnings in the 2007 Assessment Report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was that Himalayan glaciers ... Read More |
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| 1/22/2010 |
Brown's win too big to spin
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--"Spin" is the term that has been given to the art of putting the best public relations face possible on any circumstance or situation. Read More |
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| 1/4/2010 |
2009 REVIEW: Hope, change & more of the same
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| 12/30/2009 |
2009 REVIEW: Hope, change & more of the same
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A number of stories grabbed national headlines for at least a brief time in the year that now was:
-- The deaths of political icon Ted Kennedy and pop superstar Michael Jackson elicited heartfelt tributes as well as harsh critiques.
-- Likewise, the country's collective conscience was disturbed to learn about Tiger Woods' adultery.
-- Even the Swine Flu burst into public awareness, but despite dire predictions from the federal government and the United Nations, the epidemic did not rise to the severity of the seasonal flu viruses of 2008.
However, 2009 will not be remembered for the merely tantalizing, or sensational, or even for a deeply emotional moment, but for the promises of enduring hope and change … and unfortunately for the frustrating realities of "more of the same."
MIRACULOUS BEGINNING
Shortly into 2009, The "Miracle on the Hudson" gave the nation an emotional surge of hope when on Jan. 15 US Airways Captain Chesley Sullenberger piloted his powerless aircraft to an emergency landing on the river, saving the lives of all 155 onboard after losing both engines to bird strikes seconds after takeoff.
AN AMERICAN FIRST
The lifted national spirit was a fitting precursor to the historic inauguration of the first African American president of the United States which took place five days later. Hope was the word of the day or at least the politically correct response as liberals and conservatives alike wrote and spoke reverently of the promise in the Declaration of Independence fulfilled in Barack Obama: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Whatever the true feelings of the political pundits, when all was said and done, it seemed most Americans were sincerely moved by the symbolism of how far we have come in race relations in the U.S. represented in Obama's election by a white majority electorate. Read More |
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| 12/21/2009 |
Copenhagen talks end in nonbinding treaty
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (BP)--Two weeks of negotiations toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions ended Dec. 19 in a nonbinding treaty called the Copenhagen Accord, which fell short of expectations for the United Nations climate conference in Demark. Read More |
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| 12/18/2009 |
One-child global policy proposed
WASHINGTON (BP)--Worldwide adoption of China's population-control policy, which is marked by forced abortion and sterilization, is the answer to environmental problems, a Canadian ... Read More |
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| 12/18/2009 |
Climate expert: Christians should care about debate
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (BP)--A biblical worldview dictates Christians should be concerned about what is spiritually at stake in the United Nations climate treaty negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, a spokesman for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation said.
Speaking from Copenhagen as a non-governmental organization representative, E. Calvin Beisner told Baptist Press Dec. 17 Christians should have a unique perspective on the global warming debate.
"Other religious worldviews tend to see the earth as the product of blind chance over time and therefore very fragile and subject to being knocked into catastrophe by minor influences," Beisner said.
"But that isn't the proper inference from a biblical worldview, which says that the earth is instead the product of God's intelligent design and is sustained by His omnipotent faithfulness. From that we should infer that earth itself with its various ecosystems and its climate system is robust, self-regulating, self-correcting and admirably suited for human flourishing." Read More |
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| 12/18/2009 |
EDITORIAL: God's design in creation is supreme
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"God is sovereign" is more than a slogan, it's a fundamental truth that transcends our mortal existence but also is evident in it, too. Read More |
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| 12/15/2009 |
Profs contest global warming alarmism
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Two professors from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have weighed in on the debate surrounding the U.S. Senate's consideration of cap-and-trade legislation and the United Nations' Dec. 7-18 summit on climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read More |
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| 12/4/2009 |
Climategate reveals 'undercurrent of elitism'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Some of the e-mails within the controversy known as Climategate reveal an "undercurrent of elitism" that many skeptics of manmade global warming have claimed existed among the leading voices on climate change, a former NASA climatologist said.
At issue is Britain's Climatic Research Unit, which has admitted disposing of a substantial amount of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.
The unit is a premier center for reconstructing past climate and temperatures, and its conclusions are heavily instrumental in the policies adopted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a leading body for the assessment of climate change.
In response to an inquiry under the Freedom of Information Act, the CRU disclosed in October that the materials were dumped to save space when it moved to a new building in the 1980s, a time when climate change was not as prominent a topic. The data had been gathered from weather stations around the world and then adjusted to account for variables, the Times of London reported. Revised figures were kept, but the originals, which were stored on paper and magnetic tape, were dumped, erasing an accountability trail. Read More |
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| 12/4/2009 |
Global warming alarmism
'fails the tests,' scholars say
WASHINGTON (BP)--A group of evangelical Christian scholars has issued a challenge to "global warming alarmism," releasing a call to "truth, prudence and protection of the poor" as governments consider policies to combat so-called "climate change."
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| 10/28/2009 |
FIRST-PERSON: Everyone stop breathing
LANSDOWNE, Va. (BP)--Too bad the baseball playoff game between the Phillies and the Rockies was postponed earlier this month ... because of snow. Read More |
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| 10/27/2009 |
FIRST-PERSON: What's really at stake with global warming
LANSDOWNE, Va. (BP)--What's more dangerous -- global warming or the proposed "solutions" to global warming? Read More |
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| 10/16/2009 |
FIRST-PERSON: Guess who's close-minded?
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary and Thesaurus the word "liberal" is defined as: respectful and accepting of behavior or opinions different from one's own. Read More |
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| 9/17/2009 |
Land, at NOBTS, voices theology of creation
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--A sound Christian perspective for protecting the planet can be found in the pages of the Bible and, in part, in the pink blossoms of a plant on the island of Madagascar, Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land told students at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Read More |
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