Marc Ambinder weighs in

#PDF10: Truth Telling and Shaming - Politics - The Atlantic

I won't pretend that climate change isn't happening, and that the scientific consensus, which grows more solid by the day (and not less solid), holds that humans are responsible for much of this change. We can validly debate the solutions, but it is simply stupid to pretend, for the sake of appearing to be fair, as if there is a fundamental scientific debate that has yet to be solved. On the other side of the coin, simply acknowledging the science does not presuppose any particular solution. You CAN cover a debate about how to fix global warming, and whether the trade-offs that must be made are worth their price. These are open, contestable questions. The fact of global warming isn't.

Marc Ambinder - Authors - The Atlantic

Marc Ambinder is the politics editor of The Atlantic. He has covered Washington for ABC News and the Hotline, and he is chief political consultant to CBS News.