Sentences with phrase «vocal climate skeptics»
I grew up in a state, Oklahoma, represented by Sen. Jim Inhofe, one of the country's most vocal climate skeptics.
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«Republican presidential hopefuls can believe in man - made global warming as long as they never talk about it, and oppose all the so - called solutions,» said Marc Morano, a former aide to Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe, one of the most vocal climate skeptics in Congress.
If a couple of vocal climate skeptics have received money from tobacco companies at some time in the past, it doesn't prove that «merchants of doubt» are driving climate skepticism.
In the area of climate change, the leaked documents revealed that the group funds vocal climate skeptics, including Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change founder Craig Idso ($ 11,600 per month), physicist Fred Singer ($ 5,000 plus expenses per month), and New Zealand geologist Robert Carter ($ 1,667 per month).
Not exact matches
Attracted to fringe scientists like the small and vocal group of climate skeptics, Republicans appear to be alienated from a mainstream scientific community that by and large doesn't share their political beliefs.
«It will be highly ironic if that happens, but I don't think it's going to get him an award from the Sierra Club or the League of Conservation Voters,» said Myron Ebell, a vocal skeptic of mainstream climate science.
«The skeptics are always going to be out there, and as people have to start spending money on climate change, reducing emissions or seeing impacts on lifestyles, people become more vocal about it,» she said.
This is why climate change is now a prime area, and thanks to the vocal skeptics, especially in the political arena, the perception of uncertainty is promulgated which helps to fund more research.
In the ongoing battle between climate scientists and skeptics there will be disproportionate carnage, because the climate scientists have so much more to lose... for climate science I fully expect things to get worse before they get better, simply because the most vocal, politically active climate scientists have shown no skill at operating in the political arena.»
The «contrarians» or «climate science deniers» or «climate risk deniers» or «faux skeptics» are a loud vocal minority.
The US Senate's most vocal global warming skeptic, James Inhofe, on Thursday dismissed a UN meeting on climate change as a «brainwashing» session, putting him at odds with Sen. John McCain who noted «there's great urgency... and the scientific evidence continues to accumulate.»
Attracted to fringe scientists like the small and vocal group of climate skeptics, Republicans appear to be alienated from a mainstream scientific community that by and large doesn't share their political beliefs.
WASHINGTON - The US Senate's most vocal global warming skeptic, James Inhofe, on Thursday dismissed a UN meeting on climate change as a «brainwashing» session.
While the argument rumbles on for some, with Exxon now accepting the existance of man - made climate change, and with the climate skeptic's favorite scientist actually being a vocal climate action proponent, I'm ready to move on until someone shows me convincing evidence of this elaborate hoax I keep hearing about.