U.S. Climate Service: Once Again Bending to the UN's Will

The Obama administration recently heralded in yet another big government bureaucracy, the Climate Service. It was created under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

According to one article, the service is to be a "one stop shop" for consumers of climate information. Of course, the Obama administration assumes Americans need big government to tell them all about climate change and global warming. According to them, Americans are clamoring for a service of this kind. What can a government do but to give them what they want, right?

Well, almost right. People have been clamoring for this "service" to be created. Only it's not so much that Americans are clamoring for such an agency. It's more like a mandate from the largest socialist think-tank in the world, the United Nations.

You see, on September 1, 2009 a UN conference opened in Geneva, Switzerland. It was called the The World Climate Conference-3, and was convened to concoct a "Global Framework for Climate Services". According to another article from the same news source, this conference was "intended to meet accelerating demands for useful information on the impacts of climate change." Of course, the article assumed that "The climate forecasting system will require the participation of all countries, as well as the United Nations and many international partners."

Enter the Obama administration. The U.S. delegation to Geneva was none other than Dr. Jane Lubchenco, an under-secretary and administrator of the NOAA, the agency now overseeing our new Climate Service. And, of course, Lubchenco buys into all the hysteria from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The true intent of the agency is clear from Lubchenco's comments. Talking about government decision-makers, she is quoted as saying, "In a rapidly changing world these decisions cannot be made based on weather of the past; decision-makers need to know what to expect in the next 20 to 50 years to plan effectively." This "effective" planning no doubt will have an expensive price tag for American taxpayers.

This is an example of U.S. bureaucracies created under false pretenses to serve a socialist agenda. It was presented as a response to the legitimate need of its citizens. It really was created to fulfill the utopian delusions of the United Nations. Selling the global warming hysteria is an important part of this delusion. If the UN can control the information and distribute it according to its agenda, even the United States of America can be subjugated and made to conform to its goals.

If you're looking for a balanced debate on the merits of global warming at the new Obama Climate Service, or at the NOAA, save yourself the trouble. The United Nations has already been there. And they liked what they saw.