This is really getting to the point of ridiculousness. I will take the word & side of the scientists over energy corporations & politics.
"Washington (AFP) - US conservatives backed by the powerful gas and coal lobbies are at loggerheads with both the scientific world and President Barack Obama on the environment -- but have failed to block his path on climate change.
In another move, Lamar Smith, a Republican lawmaker from Texas who heads the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, wants to reduce, by 40 percent, space agency NASA's budget for an area that encompasses climate research.
"Unfortunately, very few of my conversations in Congress resolve around evidence," said Rush Holt, chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.
"It's partly because most people and most members of Congress think that science is technology, they don't think of it as gathering and evaluating evidence," added the former Democratic congressman.
https://news.yahoo.com/conservatives-odds-obama-science-climate-050328474.html
Nov 27, 2015 @ 16:05:04
