(Skeptical Science) When these politicians are asked about the basis for their positions on climate change, they almost always respond by saying such things as they «have heard that there is a disagreement among scientists» or similar responses that strongly suggest they have informed an opinion
on climate change science without any understanding of the depth of the scientific evidence on which the scientific consensus view 0f climate change has been based.
Not exact matches
Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.
Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole
climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.
climate change debate and ask ourselves how
on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this
without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the
science, the implications of it all.»
President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement puts future generations at risk and leaves the nation
without a plan to mitigate the impact of
climate change on society, said Rush Holt, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science,
on June...
Danny Cullenward, an energy economist and lawyer at the Carnegie Institution for
Science, said that although it is unlikely that the loss of the Clean Power Plan would affect many states» emissions cutting goals, there will be little encouragement for states reluctant to take action
on climate change to create emissions goals
without the plan in place.
Climate science still faces the dilemma articulated by the late Steve Schneider and misrepresented by his adversaries — how do we best ensure that the public arrives at an accurate understanding of climate change, when the «sound bite» limits on our speaking time to the media force us to choose between making a few points with all the appropriate caveats, vs presenting details of all the points we believe important but without acknowledging uncerta
Climate science still faces the dilemma articulated by the late Steve Schneider and misrepresented by his adversaries — how do we best ensure that the public arrives at an accurate understanding of
climate change, when the «sound bite» limits on our speaking time to the media force us to choose between making a few points with all the appropriate caveats, vs presenting details of all the points we believe important but without acknowledging uncerta
climate change, when the «sound bite» limits
on our speaking time to the media force us to choose between making a few points with all the appropriate caveats, vs presenting details of all the points we believe important but
without acknowledging uncertainties?
We can — and should — address the risk of
climate change based
on sound
science without succumbing to the no - growth radicalism that treats
climate questions as dogma rather than as situations to be managed responsibly.»
Question: before talking about simulating
climate CHANGE, how long does the
climate science community expect it to take before GCM's can reproduce the real world
climate PRIOR to human induced CO2 perturbation in terms of: — «equilibrium point», i.e.
without artificial flux adjustment to avoid climatic drift, — «natural variability», in terms of, for instance, the Hurst coefficient at different locations
on the planet?
Given the record that Perry and the rest of the Trump Administration have established
on climate change, will DOE and the White House clear the Climate Science Special Report for a public release without major edits and further
climate change, will DOE and the White House clear the
Climate Science Special Report for a public release without major edits and further
Climate Science Special Report for a public release
without major edits and further delays?
Thus, the consensus
on climate science is removed from its scientific context, and becomes a consensus
without an object: it can mean whatever
climate change psychologists want it to mean.
But in districts
without such resources,
science teachers can use the ample instructional ideas available
on the web to prepare classroom activities and lesson plans about renewable energy and
climate change.
If Obama takes the position that legislation can be negotiated
without regard to whether its supporters believe in the scientific evidence or not, if he brings to the bully pulpit no serious vocabulary
on climate change, no gravitas
on climate science, then how likely is it that he will lead government and society to deal with the problem in a «comprehensive» way?
Those who have steered Obama in the tactical direction of talking about the need for a clean energy transformation as if this challenge could be addressed
without recognizing that it is intertwined with
climate science and the consequences of unchecked
climate change have put things
on the wrong track.
Again, the pink dot
on the chart tells the
climate science reality: Per the empirical evidence, the recent White House anti-
science climate change comments are blatantly false,
without any scientific merit, and are deserving of multiple Pinocchio badges.
The intent for the program's three - person team, all of whom previously worked at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) at Columbia University, is to continue
science, outreach, and advocacy work
on climate change but
without the limitations that come with a federal job, like working
on agency priorities, managing a big lab, or avoiding political activities during work.
Well, (and this is a forlorn hope) it would be helpful to report
on the ongoing debate over
science and policy
without treating
climate change like a rancorous «he said, she said» political debate.»»
Without a functional democracy, there can be no federal role in responding to voter demand, not only for a clean energy economy that is less dependent
on fossil fuels, but also for clean air, water, large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and a robust federal
climate change science program.
From his 2008 book Sustainable Energy —
without the hot air to his brilliantly effective TED talk
on renewable energy to his five years of work at the UK Department of Energy and
Climate Change, David embodies multiple roles at once: engaging author,
science communicator, researcher, and policy advisor.
* As was recently stated in Nature, «
Climate: The real holes in climate science» 463 (7279): 284 (2010): «Such holes do not undermine the fundamental conclusion that humans are warming the climate, which is based on the extreme rate of the twentieth - century temperature changes and the inability of climate models to simulate such warming without including the role of greenhouse - gas pollution.
Climate: The real holes in
climate science» 463 (7279): 284 (2010): «Such holes do not undermine the fundamental conclusion that humans are warming the climate, which is based on the extreme rate of the twentieth - century temperature changes and the inability of climate models to simulate such warming without including the role of greenhouse - gas pollution.
climate science» 463 (7279): 284 (2010): «Such holes do not undermine the fundamental conclusion that humans are warming the
climate, which is based on the extreme rate of the twentieth - century temperature changes and the inability of climate models to simulate such warming without including the role of greenhouse - gas pollution.
climate, which is based
on the extreme rate of the twentieth - century temperature
changes and the inability of
climate models to simulate such warming without including the role of greenhouse - gas pollution.
climate models to simulate such warming
without including the role of greenhouse - gas pollution.»
Climate change (climate science) has become so politicized on the hill that Congress doesn't want to touch it and instead defaults to continued funding without increases o
Climate change (
climate science) has become so politicized on the hill that Congress doesn't want to touch it and instead defaults to continued funding without increases o
climate science) has become so politicized
on the hill that Congress doesn't want to touch it and instead defaults to continued funding
without increases or cuts.