Laurel Whitney | House Climate Hearings: Old Dogs, Old Tricks

While some might see the merit in actually including scientists in a hearing on climate change (unlike the last hearing), the time-old practice of putting climate deniers next to credible scientists and giving them equal time is further fueling the belief that there is no consensus. Put all the climate scientists in one room and you’ll see that the only ones denying it still were the three skeptics in the hearing today and a bunch of hacks even the GOP knew better than to call to testify.

Laurel Whitney

Laurel Whitney is an up and coming contender in the climate change arena. Currently residing in New York City, she is an adjunct professor in the Environmental Studies department at Pace University, where she gets to depress aspiring freshman about how the world is riding a flaming rollercoaster towards ecological disaster.