While many in the GOP
dispute whether climate change is even happening, Chris Gibson of New York's 19th district says too - frequent damaging storms in his district are enough evidence that we've entered a «new normal.»
Not exact matches
NEW DELHI (AP)-- Given a rare opportunity to lunch with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Gaurav Dalmia was less interested Thursday in discussing the planned topics at hand, including
climate change or even the trade
dispute between India and the U.S. Instead, the Indian businessman was focused on Kerry himself — and
whether he would be able to smooth over brittle relations between Washington and New Delhi for the sake of economic growth.
Of course, there are quite a few experts in
climate science and policy who warn that debating
whether the research pointing to a disruptive human
climate influence is, or is not, settled is a complete distraction from the reality that the basics are not in
dispute (more CO2 = warming world = rising seas and lots of
changing climate patterns).
On AGW Theory: Here, you're making the mistake I allude to above in discussing Sen. Inhofe — lumping «AGW theory» (which even Michael Crichton did not
dispute) with the range of views (some supported, some not) on
whether the case has been made for dangerous human - driven
climate change.
U.S. Attorney Marissa Piropato answered that the
dispute lies not in disagreement over
whether climate change exists, but rather with the kids» conclusion that
climate change imperils their future.
What specific scientific references and sources do you rely upon to conclude that there is a reasonable scientific
dispute about
whether human actions are causing observable
climate change and are you aware of the multiple «fingerprint» studies and «attribution» studies that very strongly point to human causation?
Whether the
changing climate increases the risk of civil war in Africa remains
disputed and little robust research is available to resolve this question.
What specific scientific references and sources do you rely upon to conclude that there is a reasonable scientific
dispute about
whether human actions are causing dangerous
climate change?
The 400 scientists they characterize as
disputing man - made
climate change include mostly folks no one has ever heard of, and the quotes they cherry pick aren't all expressing doubt about
whether climate change is real and a problem — many are simply expressing differing opinions about the degree of warming and the consequences of that warming.
Whether the
dispute is over vaccination, intelligent design, atomic energy, genetically - modified crops or
climate change, the unfashionable camp's complaints are rarely against science, and are indeed framed — at least superficially — in scientific terms.