Posted on 12/10/2009 8:46:11 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
An e-mail scandal demonstrates that matters are uncertain. The issue is, however, politicized. No president should make deals in an environment like that.
With the publication of damaging e-mails from a climate research center in Britain, the radical environmental movement appears to face a tipping point. The revelation of appalling actions by so-called climate-change experts allows the American public to finally understand the concerns so many of us have articulated on this issue.
"Climategate," exposes a highly politicized scientific circle -- the same circle whose work underlies efforts at the Copenhagen climate-change conference. The agenda-driven policies being pushed in Copenhagen won't change the weather, but they would change our economy for the worse.
The e-mails reveal that leading climate "experts" deliberately destroyed records, manipulated data to "hide the decline" in global temperatures, and tried to silence their critics by preventing them from publishing in peer-reviewed journals. What's more, the documents show that there was no real consensus even within the climate-research crowd. Some scientists had strong doubts about the accuracy of estimates of temperatures from centuries ago, estimates used to back claims that more recent temperatures are rising at an alarming rate.
I've always believed that policy should be based on sound science, not politics. Our representatives in Copenhagen should remember that good environmental policymaking is about weighing real-world costs and benefits -- not pursuing a political agenda.
That's not to say I deny the reality of some changes in climate -- far from it. I saw the impact of changing weather patterns firsthand while serving as governor of our only Arctic state.(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
I LOVE THIS WOMAN.... Keep up the attack Sarah. Never let up, never give in..
"their is no scientifc consensus on either the case that the world has warmed beyond natural cycles, or that humans cause that warming."
Even the AWG'ers own graphs show that the last interglacial period was significantly warmer than the temps of the last 10-20 years.
Humans MAY well be having an effect, but what if that effect is merely (merely?) to hold off the next major period of glaciation (which is due, by the way.)
To quote something I read a while back, taken over the last million years, or even only the last 100,000 years, "normal is Chicago under a mile of ice!"
Figuring out the “best policy decision” is not the fundamental problem here. It’s finding the truth, and Palin’s ability to realize this demonstrates her wisdom, in contrast with most other public figures.
“Everything is political at that level”
But also at that level, politics can still be separated from corruption. Climategate is about corruption more than anything.
Palin knows this and that’s why we need her leadership.
A sh@t load of MPLS libs’ heads will expload seeing an op-ed written by Sarah Palin in their beloved Red Star Tribune
The next step is to make sure that all of Governor Palin’s supporters become active in their local Republican clubs and committees.
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