TIME TO QUIT THE BICKERING AND FACE THE FACTS

Scientists ask Congress to put aside politics, take 'fresh look' at climate data
Andrew Restuccia, February 1, 2011 (The Hill)

"More than a dozen scientists took aim at climate skeptics in a letter to members of Congress…calling on lawmakers to put aside politics and focus on the science behind climate change…18 scientists from various universities and research centers called on lawmakers to take a "fresh look" at climate change."

[Letter from Scientists to Congress:] "Political philosophy has a legitimate role in policy debates, but not in the underlying climate science…There are no Democratic or Republican carbon dioxide molecules; they are all invisible and they all trap heat."

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"The letter comes as cap-and-trade is all but dead on Capitol Hill and Republicans, bolstered by their new majority in the House, have promised to hold hearings on climate science and the administration's climate policies. Republicans and some Democrats are also hoping to block or delay the Environmental Protection Agency's pending climate regulations.

"The scientists took aim at climate skeptics…They also urged Congress to hold hearings on climate science in order to form a better understanding of the latest research…"

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[Letter from Scientists to Congress:] "Climate change deniers cloak themselves in scientific language, selectively critiquing aspects of mainstream climate science…Sometimes they present alternative hypotheses as an explanation of a particular point, as if the body of evidence were a house of cards standing or falling on one detail; but the edifice of climate science instead rests on a concrete foundation…Congress should [not]…substitute ideological judgments for scientific ones."

[Letter from Scientists to Congress:] “What we know today about human-induced climate change is the result of painstaking research and analysis, some of it going back more than a century. Major international scientific organizations in disciplines ranging from geophysics to geology, atmospheric sciences to biology, and physics to human health – as well as every one of the leading national scientific academies worldwide – have concluded that human activity is changing the climate. This is not a ‘belief.’ Instead, it is an objective evaluation of the scientific evidence.”


This is just amazing: Watch the global average temperature rise over the decades. From CfreeMedia via YouTube