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Al Gore: Global Warming a ‘Principal’ Cause of the Syrian Civil War, Brexit
by Pam Key 23 Mar 2017
Thursday in London at Advertising Week Europe 2017 during an interview with Empire Editor-in-Chief Terri White, former Vice-President Al Gore said climate change was a “principal” cause of the Syrian Civil War and Brexit.
Gore said, “I was just in the Persian Gulf region and the scientists for the lat couple of years, one of the lines of investigation they have been pursuing has led them to the conclusion that significant areas of the Middle East and North Africa are in danger of becoming uninhabitable. And, just a taste of this, to link it to some of the events that the UK and the European Union are going through and I know that’s another source of stress because we are now on the eve next week of the Brexit process – but think for a moment about what happened in Syria. You know we look at the gates of hell opening, they long since have opened, but before the gates of hell opened in Syria, what happened was a climate-related extreme drought.”
“The scientists have published these peer review studies for several years now showing exactly why it’s related to the climate crisis. From 2006 to 2010, 60 percent of the farms in Syria were destroyed and had to be abandoned and 80 per cent of the livestock were killed. The drought in the eastern Mediterranean is the worst ever on record – the records only go back 900 years, but it’s historic. And 1.5 million climate refugees were driven into the cities in Syria, where they collided with refugees from the Iraq War. And Wikileaks revealed the internal conversations in the Syrian government where they were saying to one another ‘we can’t handle this, there’s going to be a social explosion’. There are other causes of the Syrian civil war, but this was the principal one. And those in the region recognize that. And it has unleashed, with other factors an incredible flow of refugees into Europe which is creating political instability in Europe and which contributed in some ways to the desire of some in the UK to say ‘Whoa we’re not sure we want to be a part of that anymore.’ And you can go through the list of countries around the worlds where stability and political success of governance is really challenged. Some countries have a hard time even in the best of seasons but the additional stress this climate crisis is causing really poses the threat of some political disruption and chaos of a kind the world would find extremely difficult to deal with.”
Syria
Bashar al-Assadis the president of
Syria, supporting the
Syrian Electronic Army (a hacker group), and permitted rise of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in
Syria.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the
Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the
Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the
Human Rights Watch, and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the
Human Rights Watch, the
Center for American Progress, the
Climate Reality Project, the
People for the American Way, and the
Sundance Institute.
Carol M. Browneris a director at the
Center for American Progress, was the energy czar for the
Barack Obama administration, and a director at the
Climate Reality Project.
Albert A. Gore Jr.is the chairman for the
Climate Reality Project, and was a donor for
The Climate Project.
Norman Lear was a donor for
The Climate Project, is a director at the
People for the American Way, and married to
Lyn Davis Lear.
Margery Tabankinis a director
at the
People for the American Way, and the treasurer for the
Barbra Streisand Foundation.
Bashar al-Assadis supporting the
Syrian Electronic Army (a hacker group), the president of
Syria, and permitted rise of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in
Syria.
Patricia E. Mitchellwas a director at the
Human Rights Watch, and is the vice chair for the
Sundance Institute.
Lyn Davis Learis a trustee at the
Sundance Institute, married to
Norman Lear, and a trustee at the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Cindy Harrell-Hornis a trustee at the
Sundance Institute, and a director at the
Climate Reality Project.
Albert A. Gore Jr.is the chairman for the
Climate Reality Project, and was a donor for
The Climate Project.
Norman Lear was a donor for
The Climate Project, is a director at the
People for the American Way, married to
Lyn Davis Lear, and the president of the
Lear Family Foundation.
Margery Tabankinis a director at the
People for the American Way, and the treasurer for the
Barbra Streisand Foundation.
Barbra Streisandis the founder of the
Barbra Streisand Foundation, and was a trustee at the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Lyn Davis Learis a trustee at the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, a trustee at the
Sundance Institute, married to
Norman Lear, and a director at the
Lear Family Foundation.
Lear Family Foundation was a funder for the
People for the American Way, and a donor for the
Movement Resource Group.
Pete Seeger marched with
Occupy Wall Street, and worked to clean up the pollution in the
Hudson River.
How is the Hudson Doing?
Toxic Leftovers
While discharges have been reduced, a legacy of past pollution remains in river sediments. Most infamous are polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mainly from General Electric plants in Washington County. Moving through food chains, these toxic chemicals become concentrated in fish. Swallowing a few mouthfuls of river water does not significantly expose a person to these pollutants, but regularly eating fish may. For much of the Hudson, New York State's Health Department recommends that children and women of child-bearing age eat no fish and advises other people to limit their fish consumption.
Levels of PCBs have declined since discharges ceased in 1977, but concentrations in fish, birds and mammals remain high enough to affect survival, growth and reproduction. The risks to wildlife and people who eat contaminated fish led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require a cleanup in the Hudson north of Troy; it began in 2009.
Large amounts of PCBs and other persistent contaminants end up in New York Harbor. The operation of the Port of New York and New Jersey, which generates billions of dollars of economic activity and supports more than 228,900 jobs, requires dredging to deepen channels and berths. Dredging and disposal of contaminated mud is very costly.
Risa Stack is the general manager, GE Ventures for the
General Electric Company, and was a partner at
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Albert A. Gore Jr.was a donor for
The Climate Project, is the chairman for the
Climate Reality Project, and a partner at
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Norman Lear was a donor for
The Climate Project, is a director at the
People for the American Way, married to
Lyn Davis Lear, and the president of the
Lear Family Foundation.
Margery Tabankinis a director at the
People for the American Way, and the treasurer for the
Barbra Streisand Foundation.
Bashar al-Assadis supporting the
Syrian Electronic Army (a hacker group), the president of
Syria, and permitted rise of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in
Syria.
Source:
http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/03/al-gore-global-warming-principal-cause.html