Less noted is how seriously she viewed the threat of climate change and the robustness, more than 20 years ago, of climate science and United Nations body tasked with assessing state of that science.
In a 1990 speech at the second World Climate Conference, in Geneva, Thatcher compared the threat of global warming to the Gulf War, which was then just escalating following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.Climate Progress
The Iron Lady’s Strong Stance On Climate Change
Douglas Fischer via The Daily Climate
Who knew? Margaret Thatcher occasionally wandered off the reservation.
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All politics, Tom
Support for climate change research was part of her strategy to break the coal miners' union. She is once reported to have said that she'd rather bargain with respectable nuclear scientists than coal miner thugs.
Thanks for clarifying that, circuit. Figures. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend," but only until our mutual enemy is done in.
"Wide Stance" would have been more fitting? :(
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