Climate change will cost us, all right

Check out this opinion piece in the Star Tribune.

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A quick look at the plans of the Center for Climate Strategies reveals that its agenda is a greater priority than finding answers to its made-up problem. Participants are required to support the center's process, and rules say that it "will not debate the science of climate change."

Just like every environmental Paul Revere who warns of climate calamity, the center wants to stifle debate -- as if it could. That's not surprising considering that the center was spawned by a global-warming alarmist group called the Pennsylvania Environmental Council. The nonprofit, self-described advocacy organization's tax returns state that it believes "no environmental issue is more pressing today than energy and climate" -- hence the desire to shut up dissenters.

But calling a cat a dog doesn't make it one, and saying "the debate is over" won't shut up the millions who dispute the media-promoted claim that "prevailing science" predicts a catastrophe. Hundreds of scientists -- those not afraid of being publicly mocked and ridiculed -- are on the record disputing that view. Meanwhile, a Newsweek poll in August found that 42 percent of respondents believed that humans are the chief cause of global warming, and 46 percent say the greenhouse effect is felt today. Some "consensus."

Check out the related web site here. It's entitled "Climate Strategies Watch", with this subheading:

Exposing stealth environmental advocacy by the Center for Climate Strategies and scrutinizing global warming policy in the States

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Do Alarmists Control Global Warming Policy in Your State?
The Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) advises states about how they can reduce global warming through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions within their borders. CCS was created by an advocacy group called the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC). Despite its prejudicial origins, CCS portrays itself as a technical advisory service organization that does not advocate for specific policies that will affect climate change. However, certain facts about CCS belie this claim and prove the group is controlled by global warming alarmists who seek solutions that will dramatically increase energy costs and raise taxes, in addition to infringing upon freedom and property rights.

A list of "Infiltrated States" is here.