I’d pay good money to watch this debate.
Reporting from Washington —Faced with rising political attacks, hundreds of climate scientists are joining a broad campaign to push back against congressional conservatives who have threatened prominent researchers with investigations and vowed to kill regulations to rein in man-made greenhouse gas emissions.
The still-evolving efforts reveal a shift among climate scientists, many of whom have traditionally stayed out of politics and avoided the news media. Many now say they are willing to go toe-to-toe with their critics, some of whom gained new power after the Republicans won control of the House in Tuesday’s election.
On Monday, the American Geophysical Union, the country’s largest association of climate scientists, plans to announce that 700 climate scientists have agreed to speak out as experts on questions about global warming and the role of man-made air pollution.
I hate the fact that scientists are pushed (actually, they’re being dragged) into the political arena, but this nonsense has to stop. So far, climate change denialists (in other words, the GOP) have gotten a free ride. Should be interesting. Climate scientists vs. used car salesmen wearing sweaters.