Comments on: The Times Wants Your Traffic Ideas http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/22/the-times-wants-your-traffic-ideas/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/22/the-times-wants-your-traffic-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-39093 gecko Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:59:44 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/22/the-times-wants-your-traffic-ideas/#comment-39093 More pestilence: Climate Change Testimony Was Edited by White House (Andrew Revkin, NYT) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/science/earth/25climate.html The White House made deep cuts in written testimony given to a Senate committee this week by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on health risks posed by global warming, . . . . . . The testimony that remained said, “Climate change is anticipated to have a broad range of impacts on the health of Americans and the nation’s public health infrastructure.” But a line saying “the public health effects of climate change remain largely unaddressed” was gone, and the testimony focused on the ways health agencies were already prepared to tackle any problems. More pestilence:

Climate Change Testimony Was Edited by White House (Andrew Revkin, NYT)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/science/earth/25climate.html

The White House made deep cuts in written testimony given to a Senate committee this week by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on health risks posed by global warming, . . .

. . .

The testimony that remained said, “Climate change is anticipated to have a broad range of impacts on the health of Americans and the nation’s public health infrastructure.” But a line saying “the public health effects of climate change remain largely unaddressed” was gone, and the testimony focused on the ways health agencies were already prepared to tackle any problems.

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/22/the-times-wants-your-traffic-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-38951 gecko Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:03:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/22/the-times-wants-your-traffic-ideas/#comment-38951 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19626253.400-editorial-bluetongue-virus-springs-nasty-surprise.html Editorial: Bluetongue virus springs nasty surprise 13 October 2007 From New Scientist Print Edition. SO BLUETONGUE virus is in northern Europe, perhaps to stay. While its arrival was predictable, the manner of its appearance was quite the opposite. It comes as a timely warning of the surprises that might be in store as global warming upsets the exquisite balance between Earth's creatures. . . . There is more waiting in the wings. West Nile virus is affected by warming in similar ways to bluetongue, as are its relatives such as St Louis encephalitis virus and other insect-borne maladies such as chikungunya and Rift Valley fever, which has already moved out of Africa. African horse sickness can go wherever bluetongue goes. Farmers just beyond bluetongue's reach in North America and Australia may be no safer than Europe was. Who knows what other plagues of people, animals or crops will follow from global warming? We are about to find out. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19626253.400-editorial-bluetongue-virus-springs-nasty-surprise.html

Editorial: Bluetongue virus springs nasty surprise
13 October 2007

From New Scientist Print Edition.

SO BLUETONGUE virus is in northern Europe, perhaps to stay. While its arrival was predictable, the manner of its appearance was quite the opposite. It comes as a timely warning of the surprises that might be in store as global warming upsets the exquisite balance between Earth’s creatures.

. . .

There is more waiting in the wings. West Nile virus is affected by warming in similar ways to bluetongue, as are its relatives such as St Louis encephalitis virus and other insect-borne maladies such as chikungunya and Rift Valley fever, which has already moved out of Africa. African horse sickness can go wherever bluetongue goes. Farmers just beyond bluetongue’s reach in North America and Australia may be no safer than Europe was.

Who knows what other plagues of people, animals or crops will follow from global warming? We are about to find out.

]]> By: Dave H. http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/22/the-times-wants-your-traffic-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-38946 Dave H. Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:15:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/22/the-times-wants-your-traffic-ideas/#comment-38946 Pestilence? Pestilence?

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/22/the-times-wants-your-traffic-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-38903 gecko Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:39:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/22/the-times-wants-your-traffic-ideas/#comment-38903 Congestion pricing as a part of PlaNYC exists as a first step in mitigating one of the major human causes of global warming -- transportation -- with immediate benefits such as reducing congestion and local emissions causing health problems which are here-and-now and difficult to argue against. The idea is that currently New York City has yet to be devastated by tropical cyclones (hurricanes), extended drought, heat waves, blackouts, pestilence, etc. so that politically pushing an agenda effectively mitigating global warming is perceived as being extremely difficult at this time. This is misguided. The information exists as are local world-class experts well qualified to desseminate it that we must act now. This should happen immediately. Congestion pricing as a part of PlaNYC exists as a first step in mitigating one of the major human causes of global warming — transportation — with immediate benefits such as reducing congestion and local emissions causing health problems which are here-and-now and difficult to argue against.

The idea is that currently New York City has yet to be devastated by tropical cyclones (hurricanes), extended drought, heat waves, blackouts, pestilence, etc. so that politically pushing an agenda effectively mitigating global warming is perceived as being extremely difficult at this time.

This is misguided. The information exists as are local world-class experts well qualified to desseminate it that we must act now. This should happen immediately.

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