Sentences with phrase «lukewarmers range»

With such a broad definition, lukewarmers range from public commentators such as Matt Ridley to scientists such as Nic Lewis, an independent researcher who engages in climate work.

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Many skeptics — in particular, a group called «lukewarmers,» for instance Matt Ridley — claim that it is on the lower end of that range and therefore climate change is less of a worry.

Ultimately, As Dr. Curry notes the field on the «skeptic» side of the ledger ranges from the Senator Inhofe «it is all a load of crap» to the lukewarmers who accept AGW (say 1.2 degrees C or so) but challenge the tenets of CAGW and suggest that further heating is tolerable and can be addressed through mitigative measures rather than upending international development and potentially throwing a generation in the developing world back into a world of uncertainty and hunger.

He empaneled a series of people who ranged from lukewarmers (believing the Earth is warming, but it's not dangerous, or not rapid enough to worry about now) to out - and - out head - in - the - sand deniers.

The spectrum of positions held by this fringe element range from those who deny the existence of the so - called greenhouse effect, to self proclaimed «lukewarmers» and fake skeptics.