The chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), of the House Committee on - TopicsExpress



          

The chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has little use for the conclusions of the overwhelming majority of climate scientists, at least in so far as they conflict with the interests of the petroleum and coal industries. The extent of his denial is breathtaking. Mr. Smith even made the logical mistake of concluding that increasingly common extreme-weather events cannot be linked with human-influenced climate change, simply because scientists caution that no one event can be attributed to that cause with certainty. The time for rhetoric passed decades ago and the time for constructive solutions is far overdue. As an expert on science — which he surely must be, given his title — Mr. Smith must appreciate that if we get this issue wrong, nothing else will matter.
Posted on: Thu, 23 May 2013 15:56:00 +0000

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