Posted on 12/29/2011 6:14:13 PM PST by Libloather
GOP candidates urged to accept climate change by scientists
By Andrew Restuccia - 12/29/11 11:49 AM ET
Fifty New Hampshire scientists Thursday called on the Republican presidential candidates to accept the “overwhelming” scientific evidence behind climate change.
The scientists issued the joint statement just weeks before the Jan. 10 New Hampshire primary, a key early test for the GOP White House hopefuls.
“We urge all candidates for public office at national, state, and local levels, and all New Hampshire citizens, to acknowledge the overwhelming balance of evidence for the underlying causes of climate change, to support appropriate responses to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, and to develop local and statewide strategies to adapt to near-term changes in climate,” the scientists said.
“Ignoring the issue of climate change places our health, our quality of life, our economic vitality, and our children’s future at risk.”
The GOP presidential candidates have raised questions about climate science, a politically thorny issue in Republican circles.
“My view is that we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet,” Mitt Romney said during an October speech.
Romney has said he believes that climate change is occurring and that human beings contribute to it. But he has said he doesn’t know how much global warming can be attributed to human activity.
Other Republican presidential candidates have been more direct in questioning climate science. Rick Perry, for instance, called global warming “one contrived phony mess” in his book Fed Up!
Scientists at seven New Hampshire institutions, including the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College, signed Thursday’s joint statement. It was sent to the offices of all the presidential candidates as well as New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (D).
The statement comes about a month after Iowa scientists issued a similar call for the Republican candidates to accept climate science.
The vast majority of the world’s scientists say climate change is occurring in large part due to such human activity as the burning of fossil fuels.
Judging from the number of signers within the “Department of Natural Resources and the Environment”, “Department of Earth Sciences” and “Natural Resources and Earth System Science”, it appears that these departments are way over funded. I would wager that very few of these people have a clue, especially those from the Department of Political Science and the School of Arts & Sciences, and I’m willing to wager that all are registered Democrats.
Fine - let’s see your evidence............waiting.........
Yeah, exactly!
The concept of an “overwhelming balance of evidence” automatically admits there’s contrary evidence. Science is about eliminating evidentiary conflicts, not choosing which version you want to believe.
Climate change is caused by the sun and grant money.
My climate is greatly changed from what it was just 12 hours ago. How ‘bout yours? Was the change too much? Too litle? Just right?
These ‘scientists’ are parasites.
So, some socialist “scientist” calls in his post-doctorate minions and asks them to sign the letter or petition in front of him.
Put up or shut up with your snake oil.
Happy New Year
May 19, 2008
By Bob Unruh
More than 31,000 scientists across the U.S. – including more than 9,000 Ph.D.s in fields such as atmospheric science, climatology, Earth science, environment and dozens of other specialties – have signed a petition rejecting "global warming," the assumption that the human production of greenhouse gases is damaging Earth's climate.
Nice list. Of course it’s not about warming anymore, but simply change...
>> That means they are controlling the purse strings for research
And that’s what it’s all about, $$$. Disingenuous bastards...
The climate changes? Sure it does. It has been since the planet first formed an atmosphere. The Greenie Weenies are hanging by their finger nails. Without a case based on gas emissions all that's left is their appeal to kneejerk hatred of mankind.
Myth Busted!
No doubt.
It ain’t about emissions, it’s about submission.
Sadly they cling to their grants an religion, there is no changing them.
How many lies are in just this ONE SENTENCE?
Vast majority
in large part
That is the two obvious outright lies by the "unbiased journalist" author.
Plain, out and out "advocacy journalism" posing as a news story aimed at people who don't even know that their "news" is written by trained propagandists, rather then the traditional "hard bitten reporter"...who was always as rare as unicorns' beaks.
Sources seemingly attributed, but never actually identified.
Quotes given, and presented as if undisputed.
Plenty of adjectives, without any verifiable numerical data or data sources cited.
Presented as if ONLY some Republicans--not ANY Democrats or Independents-- question the Revealed Truth of the Church Of The Holy Warmers.
Shameful waste of ink.
you say, sarcastically (as any Freeper familiar with your false claims against Newt knows,) “Well, Newt has been clear on this topic.”
Doesn’t matter how many times you’ve been shown the truth - you continue to post your cr*p
So here, once again,the truth - not for you but for anyone who might not know...Newt testifying in congress against Gore - in 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7VUg7nG3lw&feature=related
acknowledge the overwhelming balance of evidence for the underlying causes of climate change
a.k.a. a bunch of computer models.
So they are talking about Global Warming caused by increased green house gases. If the evidence is overwhelming, why can they not be honest about what they are talking about ?
Since we are on the topic of Global Warming, the models are predicting a freeze Monday night going down the Florida Peninsula to Orlando, while Tuesday night has a freeze going all the way down to Fort Meyers.
Not only is the science not “settled”, the science is thoroughly corrupted.
Good grief, when are these greedy, grant-lusting, fraudster “scientists” going to give it a rest?
You can’t change people who believe the earth is flat either but they have no influence on society or politics.
Meanwhile, during December, they were picking strawberries and panseys (grown outdoors) in Hot Springs, SOUTH DAKOTA!
Not this year, but in 1916:
This year has also been warm: mostly low 40s and 50s days, but mid teens at night, most of December. Also too many hard freezes, even slightly below 0, since late September to allow for growing much of anything.
Believe me, NEITHER year was/is typical; but to be that warm in 1916 should be enough to give a Warmist an extra knot in their knickers.
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