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The Warping of the Climate Debate

Explore how the climate change naysayer echo machine distorts the climate debate amid growing climate science controversies.

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Andrew Sullivan notes that Drudge is doing his part to amplify the climate change naysayer echo machine. This is certainly true, but the op-ed that Drudge links to is much more nuanced than its headline: "The Great Global Warming Collapse." If all you did was glance at that headline, here's the part you wouldn't know about:

None of this is to say that global warming isn't real, or that human activity doesn't play a role, or that the IPCC is entirely wrong, or that measures to curb greenhouse-gas emissions aren't valid. But the strategy pursued by activists (including scientists who have crossed the line into advocacy) has turned out to be fatally flawed.

Actually, the fatal flaw in the op-ed is that the writer conflates the spate of recent climate science controversies with ill-chosen tactics (such as fear-mongering) by the political wing of the climate movement. A much more interesting, ...

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