tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738025258220421173.post9183218042326105951..comments2023-10-25T07:21:09.603-04:00Comments on Global Warming Blog by Henry Auer: Representative Lamar Smith Wrongly Asserts Global Warming Has HaltedHenry Auerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071084029220718074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738025258220421173.post-70026977448401758282016-03-25T17:22:27.927-04:002016-03-25T17:22:27.927-04:00http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/24/rockef...http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/24/rockefellers-divest-fossil-fuels-starting-exxon-because-exxonknewJames Handleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09563368786759927248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738025258220421173.post-51741367229460067792016-03-25T15:46:16.315-04:002016-03-25T15:46:16.315-04:00Dear Dr. Auer,
Many thanks for continuing to resp...Dear Dr. Auer,<br /><br />Many thanks for continuing to respond authoritatively to the misrepresentation of climate science. Rep. Lamar Smith is apparently a demagogue -- he and most Republicans understand that anthropogenic global warming is all too real, that the main driver is fossil fuels, and that the most effective policy is a hefty, rising tax on fossil fuels, as recommended by reports of National Academy of Sciences as early as 1979. <br /><br />In "Merchants of Doubt" Naomi Oreskes meticulously details the genesis and metastasizing of the fossil fuel-backed denialist "movement" that has stirred up enough doubt to stymie U.S. climate policy. <br /><br />Criminal investigations are closing in on the denialists. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/<br /><br />Maybe it's time to file suits against public officials such as Rep. Smith who knowingly fabricate bogus controversy. James Handleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09563368786759927248noreply@blogger.com