Climate skeptics' claims are indefensible

Friday, May 7, 2010

A 2005 news release from the National Academy of Sciences opens with the words, "Climate change is real." The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report dubbed warming of the climate system "unequivocal." Since then, the evidence for climate change continues to accumulate. All major scientific bodies with relevant expertise agree that the climate is warming and humans are contributing to the problem. Sadly, this is not the impression that the average American gets when he or she picks up the paper or turns on the television. Behind the scenes, a disinformation campaign is being waged against the facts about anthropogenic climate change and what needs to be done to address it.

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