Group of Marin residents revolts over changes to battle global warming - Marin Independent Journal

Marin residents opposed to increased housing densities — some skeptical of global warming science — voiced their concerns loudly at a public workshop hosted by planners charged with designing a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.

Joe Barton, a friend to oil and energy interests, snubs global warming report

Who are you going to trust on the issue of global warming? Politicians or scientists? More precisely, are you going to put your faith in the likes of Congressman Joe Barton, a Texas Republican backed by oil and energy companies, or the carefully plodding researchers at the National Academy of Sciences? When the NAS issued an alarming report called "America's Climate Choices" that concludes global warming is real and must be dealt with immediately, Barton sniped, “I see nothing substantive in this report that adds to the knowledge base necessary to make an informed decision about what steps, if any, should be taken to address climate change.”