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Insurer Trade Group Launches Global Warming Web Site
National News • January 18, 2007
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has unveiled a new website, www.climateandinsurance.org , to help address the increasing concerns about climate change and its ...
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| RE: RE: Increased risk associated with global warming | Brad Arnold | Jan 21, 2007, 6:27 am |
| RE: Increased risk associated with global warming | Bulldogg | Jan 19, 2007, 7:57 am |
| Increased risk associated with global warming | Brad Arnold | Jan 19, 2007, 4:55 am |
| RE: Global Warming | Dick Cheney | Jan 18, 2007, 2:55 pm |
| Global Warming | Al Gore | Jan 18, 2007, 2:32 pm |
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Subject: Increased risk associated with global warming
Furthermore, methane hydrate (10,000 billion tons) under the ocean is starting to melt. This is an immense hazard to shipping, airlines, and cities, plus it will dramatically speed up global warming. This is what caused the smell in Manhatten a few weeks ago, and has affected other ocean communities too, with residents flooding hospitals because of respiratory problems.
On the other hand, we see Legislators like Florida willfully ignorant of the increased risk, trying to legislate lower insurance rates. Heck, maybe they can just make hurricanes illegal!