We are in a position to influence these new onlookers, and their audiences, much more so than we might have had
any influence over climate science.
Not exact matches
Over the past few years, several US states and local school boards have introduced measures that would mean teachers must include the views of those who are sceptical of a human
influence on
climate change in
science lessons.
* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to
influence national
science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global
climate change or enhancement of
science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates
over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)
One of the toughest realities attending debates
over what to do, or not do, about the growing human
influence on the
climate system is that more
science does not necessarily clarify society's, or individual's, responses.
The first group of authors tries to label the
climate science community as an army of influential catastrophists, alarmists, and profiteers — glossing
over the reality that the vast body of
climate science and
climate policy analysis is, as in any field, full of gradations (not to mention that there's not much evidence of substantial
influence).
It's important to note that there's also sometimes a kind of «false inequivalence» in the fight
over climate science and policies — an implication that the lack of action on greenhouse gases is largely the result of the unfair advantage in money and
influence held by industries dealing in, or dependent on, fossil fuels.
Not because
climate scientists —
over 97 percent of whom believe that human activities
influence the
climate — have found new data rebutting the
science, but because polls show
climate change dropping off the list of voters» priorities.
When outlets such as The New York Times finally weighed in, their stories tended to confuse
climate politics (the debate
over what to do about GW) and
climate science (that debate
over what we know about the Earth and our
influence upon it).
A person can believe
climate science, and do everything in their power to eliminate the portion of greenhouse gas emissions
over which they have some
influence.
This would get beyond the settled
science part of radiative heat transfer physics that most of us (including Judy) accepts and puts more emphasis into the context of «to what extent» will it
influence our
climate over what period of time.
A combination of fanatical green activists and wealthy crony - capitalists has produced a strong
influence over the Obama administration and its
climate policies / regulations... Democrats in Congress have also been bought off... unfortunately for the American public, these corrupting motivations lead the government and bureaucrats down policy paths that ignore
climate history and its
science...
``... And I'm going to show you the latest
science, which now doesn't leave the question unsettled anymore this is now settled
science, it is now settled
science that there is not a problem with our
influence over Climate.