Climate change denial comes from non-scientists

To The Daily Sun,

Online I found: “The conservative movement and especially its think tanks play a critical role in denying the reality and significance of anthropogenic global warming (AGW), especially by manufacturing uncertainty over climate science. Books denying AGW are a crucial means of attacking climate science and scientists, with the help of American Conservative Think Tanks. Climate change denial has spread to several other nations, and an increasing portion of denial books are produced by individuals with no scientific training. It appears that at least 90% of denial books do not undergo peer review, allowing authors or editors to recycle scientifically unfounded claims that are then amplified by the conservative movement, media, and political elites.” (Edited for clarity.)

“Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. According to Oil Change International, Inhofe has received over $2 million in political contributions from the fossil fuel industry. He once compared the Environmental Protection Agency to the Gestapo, and brought a snowball onto the Senate floor to ‘disprove’ global warming. Senator Inhofe, author of the 2012 book ‘The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future,’ once claimed on the Senate floor that “man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.”

I pray for truth.

Dick Devens

Center Sandwich