"Expert" Calls for "Voices from the Political Right" to Revive Climate Change Debate

Indicating how climate change has become a political issue, [Andrew Hoffman, an expert on the sociological aspects of environmental policies] noted that only 35 percent of Republicans believe the science behind it, compared to 75 percent of Democrats.
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Hoffman, who is visiting at MIT Sloan from the University of Michigan, has no illusions that gaining consensus on the causes of climate change, let alone their solutions, will be easy. But with the debate currently polarized, solutions must emerge from the center. "When everything becomes so heated, it's hard for anyone to speak above the din," he said. "You need to get the extreme voices out of the space, those who present this debate in simplistic black and white, all-or-nothing terms. Instead, you have to create room for discussion with the large mass of people who are ready to debate the issue in its full complexity." This would include both those who are skeptical and those who are convinced about its causes and solutions.

Hoffman distinguishes between "climate deniers," who reject both the existence and science of climate change, and "climate skeptics," who are asking serious questions and are open to discuss new information as it arises. Climate deniers "flatly reject the science and have organized with the objective of challenging any steps towards accepting its existence or mitigating its effects," he said. "They are not interested in debate and will not move from their position. But, by focusing on the truly climate skeptical we can skip the name calling by both sides and allow reasoned logic to help us move toward appropriate conclusions."
...."The big collapse in climate change was when the far right was able to code it as a liberal issue, which threw it into the domain of the culture wars."