Sentences with phrase «change deniers continue»

Despite overwhelming scientific consensus, climate change deniers continue to stand in the way of meaningful solutions and the reality - based community can not afford to stay silent any longer.

Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of climate change deniers continue to deny that climate change exists or that humans are causing it.

«Climate change deniers continue to dredge up long - discredited talking points,» he said.

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The irony continues with the feting of Okotoks as the greenest community in Canada by such pundits as Prime Minister Stephen Harper and CBC's Peter Mansbridge at the same time the «rurban» community sits in the chosen provincial riding of Wildrose leader Danielle Smith — a right wing student of the climate - change - denying Fraser Institute and cheerful avower that global warming science is «not settled.»

Accordingly I refer to this kind of common sense as «soft - core,» because it can be changed, and the kind in which I am interested as «hard - core,» because it can not, Of course, hard - core commonsense truths can be denied verbally, but they will nevertheless continue to be presupposed in practice.

It denies the success we have historically had in creating change for ourselves (in partnership with various allies), and robs us of the ability to continue leading that work.

He will continue to deny climate change caused by human activity; and will use his committee position to attack the EPA move to cut power plant carbon emissions.

«I don't doubt for a minute that the climate - change deniers will continue their campaign of disinformation and smear.

«But I believe that as (the evidence) becomes increasingly compelling, as the public continues to understand that climate change is already unfolding... we will look back with scorn at those who denied climate change.»

Without policy change that focuses on closing affordability gaps, the status quo of inequity will continue, denying students opportunities for economic mobility and personal and professional enrichment, and...

They will deny the economic and social costs of continuing our curriculum driven system because that's how our schools work, and change would be hard.

Of course, an employer can also change health insurance plans or drop them entirely as an employment benefit (or you might quit and go work for a different company), but as long as the employer's health plan is in existence, you (and continuing members of your family) can not be discriminated against and denied coverage under the employer's plan.

Update: A Nintendo spokesperson has denied the report that Wii U production is ending, telling Japanese site IT Media (via Kotaku) «there is no change to our continuing [Wii U] production.»

Already, deep fissures are emerging between, on one side, a base of ideological voters and lawmakers with strong ties to powerful tea - party groups and super PACs funded by the fossil - fuel industry who see climate change as a false threat concocted by liberals to justify greater government control; and on the other side, a quiet group of moderates, younger voters, and leading conservative intellectuals who fear that if Republicans continue to dismiss or deny climate change, the party will become irrelevant.

Daisyworld's WunderBlog — However, what really opened my eyes with this article was the concept of «Manufactured Doubt» campaigns, and why corporations and industries (and consequently, politicians and individuals who listen to them) continue to deny the science behind human - induced climate change.

Not so astonishing that they likewise continue to deny and obfuscate the reality of Climate Change, it's causes and it's self - evident solutions.

I provided all the above - mentioned references and more in a longer essay on climate - change skepticism that I wrote in June in response to requests for an explanation of the apparent continuing influence of deniers in the U.S. policy process, and from which I abstracted the op - ed I submitted to The Globe.

no one is denying that the climate is changing for the simple reason that it has always done so and always will continue to do so until this planet's lifespan expires

As everyone knows (or ought to know by now), one of main reason controversy over climate change is continuing in the face of overwhelming evidence is the fact that ExxonMobil has the cash spigot open to fund anyone willing to deny the evidence — the Competitive Enterprise Insitute, George Marshall Institute and the old tobacco industry network run by Steven Milloy, Fred Seitz and Fred Singer have been among the main beneficiaries.

The company continues to fund politicians who deny climate change and to fight any efforts to hold it accountable.

Yet journalists continued to report updates from the best climate scientists in the world juxtaposed against the unsubstantiated raving of an industry - funded climate change denier - as if both were equally valid.

That's why deniers will continue to insist that observed climate changes are «natural» and «cyclical,» and why young Earth creationists Tony Perkins and Ken Ham attribute them to an act of God.

Since Heartland does not deny climate change is occurring, and in fact is bringing together the world's leading scientists and economists to study the issue, it is entirely appropriate that corporations and foundations that have publicly stated their concern over climate change would continue to fund us.

While the president and top administration officials continue denying the causal connection between carbon emissions from human activity and climate change, many corporations, including utilities like DTE, have accepted it as fact.

«What's ironic about this kind of paper is that it effectively denies how climate change is a global problem that requires global action,» Everley continued.

A pearl from the Merchants of Doubt book review: «I only recall one climate change denier say he would stay in his house that was in the path of Irma, but he «changed his mind and moved to be able to continue his broadcasts».

No, what» s embarrassing is continued use of the term «climate change denier» with its holocaust connotation, and the fact that all skeptics and deniers acknowledge climate change.

See Monckton's 2010 «Response to John Abrahams» e.g. you continue your pejorative allegation that Lord Monckton is a «denier of climate change» insinuating that he is denying science and hinting at the Holocaust.

While some of the defenders of the fossil fuel industries deny climate change, there are others like President Obama and those who support his energy policy, who simultaneously admit that climate change is a problem and continue encouraging the expansion of fossil fuel extraction and therefore its ongoing use.

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Those stubborn facts about global warming and climate change are not forgiving, nor kind to those who continue to deny the indisputable.

As the science of man - made climate change has become increasingly certain over the last three decades of work by thousands of researchers, a cadre of deniers, often funded by fossil fuel industries,... Continue reading →

Along with many other economists, my view on global warming - associated climate change is that the world is most unlikely to be able to agree and coordinate globally, and then sustain for the centuries required, the growth - denying policies that would be needed if we were to limit human - induced global warming to any material effect beyond the [continue reading...]

Do you deny that those who argue that they should be allowed to continue to emit greenhouse gases at levels that may be dangerous should assume the burden of proof that their actions are safe given the strength of the consensus view on climate change science?

Myriam Douo, lobby transparency campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe continued: «With ENTSOG there is a clear conflict of interest: members include subsidiaries of big oil and gas companies like Engie, OMV, Mol Group, E-On and Gazprom and climate - change deniers Centrica.

While Edelman's president, Richard Edelman, has written in support of addressing climate change, [15] and has claimed that «We do not accept clients that seek to deny climate change,» [16] the company continued to represent at least three climate change deniers as of August 2014: the API, E.ON, and ALEC.

I don't think any rational person is denying that climate change occurs or that the Earth is continuing its warming trend after a brief cooling off period over a few hundred years.

Even before Indiana's top enforcer of federal and state environmental regulations was advising coal companies on how to continuing polluting our air and water, it appears that denial of basic climate science is the state's official position on global warming — Indiana's 2011 «State of the Environment» report rehashes tired climate denier arguments such as global temperature records having «no appreciable change since about 1998.»

Those who want to preserve the status quo have continued to deny and attack the expert consensus because it's a «gateway belief»: when people are aware of the high level of scientific agreement on human - caused global warming, they're more likely to accept that climate change is happening, that humans are causing it, and support policies to reduce carbon pollution.

Although multiple studies demonstrate that the overwhelming majority of climate scientists conclude that this exceptional recent warming is caused by humans, obstinate deniers will continue to insist, against all evidence, that the consensus on climate change is crumbling.

In direct opposition to Duke Energy's position on climate, ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture task force continues to advance legislative efforts that attempt to deny the realities of climate change.

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We don't have to create an entire command economy to take a big stick to a company that actively delayed a response to global warming by funding climate change deniers, that continues to fight payment of damages for despoiling the Prince William Sound after 20 years, and has proved again and again it can't be trusted to protect our environment.

«If you listen to Rush Limbaugh,» Clinton said, and «he tells you that climate change is a hoax... If you don't know better, if you haven't seen better,» then you'll likely continue to deny the science.

This blog has been MIA as controversy has swirled around the concept of Post-Normal Science, beginning with Jerry's posts last year at WUWT, which gave me a bad case of writer's block, Judith Curry's engagement of climate deniers as an extension of the peer review process, and continuing with the recent Lisbon Workshop on Reconciliation in the Climate Change Debate.

It's also echoed by vaccination opponents, who continue to use a single dishonest and thoroughly discredited British paper to sow doubts about the safety of childhood immunizations, and by climate change deniers.

Continuing our discussion of nuclear energy, Steve Ongerth of the IWW says it's no coincidence that many of the same forces that are fighting to deny climate change and hold back renewables are also pushing nuclear power.

With a change of venue denied, the carnival continued at trial.

Unfortunately, the continued deterioration in the statutory accident benefits available to car accident victims and changes to the dispute resolution process, have resulted in a significant erosion in the practical ability of an accident victim to pursue benefits which have been wrongfully denied.

In Virginia, a court may consider any of the following factors, among others, in making a decision: The age and physical and mental condition of the child, giving due consideration to the child's changing developmental needs; the age and physical and mental condition of each parent; the relationship existing between each parent and each child, giving due consideration to the positive involvement with the child's life, the ability to accurately assess and meet the emotional, intellectual and physical needs of the child; the needs of the child, giving due consideration to other important relationships of the child, including but not limited to siblings, peers and extended family members; the role that each parent has played and will play in the future, in the upbringing and care of the child; the propensity of each parent to actively support the child's contact and relationship with the other parent, including whether a parent has unreasonably denied the other parent access to or visitation with the child; the relative willingness and demonstrated ability of each parent to maintain a close and continuing relationship with the child, and the ability of each parent to cooperate in and resolve disputes regarding matters affecting the child; the reasonable preference of the child, if the court deems the child to be of reasonable intelligence, understanding, age and experience to express such a preference; any history of family abuse; and such other factors as the court deems necessary and proper to the determination.