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Song Information:

My friend James and I wrote this for a work-related talent show we performed in in June 2005. It's scientifically sound information regarding what's at risk in a warmer world -- packaged in a fun song! A video version is posted on youtube.

Please note: We wrote this several months *before* Hurricane Katrina.

Piano: James and Erica

Vocals: Erica and James

Other stuff: Erica

Song Lyrics:

Written spring 2005 by Erica Rowell and James Wang (polar bear picture by David Morgan)

Raindrops on roses
Not rose-crushing torrents
Lush, healthy wetlands
Not flooded New Orleans
Rum-flavored hurricanes
Not the real thing

These are a few of my favorite things.

Polar bears playing
Vermont maple syrup
A glacier-filled Arctic
Not a frozen cold Europe
Coastlines not eroding
Corals not bleaching

New FedEx hybrids
Fred Krupp' old Prius
Solar and wind farms
And biofuels will free us
From a Mideast oil clench
And the risks that that brings

Solutions are a few of my favorite things

When Limbaugh bites
When Mike Crichton writes
When EPA redacts

I simply remember my favorite things like a climate protection act

Hansen and Oppenheimer
Trenberth and Karl [who?]
Mann, Wrigley, Ruth Curry [oh, climate scientists]
Not ExxonMobil
Scientific discoveries
Not misinformation

These are a few of my favorite things

Caribou
Arctic fox
Cute alpine meadows
Brilliant fall colors
And ski resort snows
Beautiful summers
And farm fields of green

These are a few of my favorite things

GE, BP, church groups
Kyoto and Blair
RGGI states' cap and trade
Pavley's clean air
Governor Schwarzenegger [Arnold]
Not the far right wing

These are a few of my favorite things

When Inhofe cries
When George Bush lies
When ExxonMobil muddles the facts

I simply remember my favorite things like the climate protection act