Democrats roll out climate change big guns, Republicans remain immune | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Democrats have attempted to get Republicans to confront the science on climate change, in an effort to halt moves to block regulation of greenhouse gas pollution. But it's not clear that the appeal to reason worked.

In an increasingly contentious hearing, Republicans insisted that science on climate change was "not settled" or accused world-recognised experts who had been called to testify of holding "elitist and arrogant views".
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Inslee, who had a three-feet stack of scientific books on his deck, complained: "The media report on science like a divorce trial – he said, she said." Claims from climate deniers – none of which have support in peer-reviewed scientific journals – should not get equal time, he said.

The Elusive Dream of American Energy Plans - NYTimes.com

The Democrats on the committee are staying true to form, as well, overstating the findings in a recent Nature paper to try — in a way that will surely backfire — to build urgency based on extreme precipitation patterns.

Confusion on global-warming link to snowstorms | CEJournal

researchers found that the observed increases in extreme precipitation could only be explained when human emissions of greenhouse gases were taken into account.