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"The report will be the second volume of a four-volume authoritative assessment of Earth's climate released this year. The first in February updated the science of climate change, concluding with near certainty that global warming is caused by human behavior."
"We are going into a realm the Earth has not seen for a very long time ... over the past 800,000 years,"
"Even the most optimistic forecasts say the climate will continue to change and the planet will be irrevocably damaged. The question is, how much?
In the absence of action to curb emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases, the future looks bleak."
"But scientists say people can avoid the worst-case scenarios. A third report due out in May will outline strategies for slowing global warming."
"These are projections that many of us believe don't have to be the future; many of these can be avoided," said James J. McCarthy, a Harvard University oceanographer who was a main author of the 2001 assessment.
He said he is optimistic the worst won't happen "because we can't be that stupid."
But some amonge us work hard to force us be that stupid. The epitome of stupid is making this be a political play-toy.
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