Monday, November 08, 2010

Are Climate Scientists Fighting Back Against Skeptics? | LiveScience Etc.
"In contrast to what has been reported in the LA Times and elsewhere, there is no campaign by AGU against climate skeptics or congressional conservatives," said Christine McEntee, AGU executive director and CEO. "AGU will continue to provide accurate scientific information on Earth and space topics to inform the general public and to support sound public policy development."
» Left’s Turn on Global Warming: Now That You’ve Won, Time to Surrender - Big Government
You see, nothing ever proposed would detectably impact climate. According to the very same car alarms shrieking their demands for those same panaceas. Even accepting all of the models and all of their assumptions. And all other assumptions, like that Kyoto really would work, and cap-and-trade really would, now, for the first time, result not in “offset” schemes but actual emission reductions. Even buying all of that fairy tale, nothing ever proposed would detectably impact the climate. It is unreasonable therefore to assume the issue is the issue, that this is about ‘climate’.
Scientists have a duty to engage with the public on climate change | John Abraham | Environment | guardian.co.uk
We are also not naive in recognising that there is a political aspect to this. It is well known, at least in the United States, that conservatives tend to be much more sceptical about climate change than liberals. We need to move beyond partisanship toward co-operation. Conservatives care about the environment too and there have been many who have made comments about the need to act on climate change. History will look unkindly on those who have stood in the way of saving the planet, which will be an enormous political liability – although by then it will be too late to fix things.
Scientists launch climate science counterattacks - Capital Weather Gang
After a year of dramatic setbacks, from stolen personal emails that were used to smear climate science researchers, to last week's midterm elections that ushered a large number of climate science skeptics into power, many climate scientists have had enough -- and they're about to take action by going on the offensive in a major way.

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