At URI, global warming as a natural event
A student asked where the movie’s support came from. Robinson said the Heartland Institute has received funds from Exxon-Mobil.
What about the two scientists in the film?
Merrill said both are established scientists, but he could not find any of their research in peer-reviewed journals since 2000.
Asked what solutions they recommended for climate change, both scientists demurred at first. Finally Merrill said people should try to conserve energy. Robinson said, “Educate yourself and vote.”
One audience member said she is a teacher and she can’t decide who is right in the debate, so she shows both Unstoppable Solar Cycles and An Inconvenient Truth to her classes.
Robinson said people need to evaluate what they hear. Legates and Soon don’t vet their findings with the scientific community, she said. Whereas most other scientists have reached a consensus that climate change is occurring and humans are causing it.
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