Difference between revisions of "Neela Banerjee"
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| + | The Republican Party respects the [[peer-review]]ed research of scientists who have have shown that most of the increase in the earth's average near-surface [[air temperature]] is due to natural causes. | ||
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Revision as of 15:00, November 2, 2010
Neela Banerjee is a journalist who falsely accused Republicans of plotting to "attack ... scientists who link air pollution to climate change."[1] What GOP leaders are actually planning is to point out "distortions of scientific evidence regarding climate change".[1]
It as actually well-known among conservatives that air pollution changes the climate, and the GOP has never said otherwise.
The real problem is a small group of renegade scientists who have claimed that carbon dioxideis the biggest factor in global warming. Partisans have used this claim to pressure the EPA to classify carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
The Republican Party respects the peer-reviewed research of scientists who have have shown that most of the increase in the earth's average near-surface air temperature is due to natural causes.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GOP plans attacks on the EPA and climate scientists - misleading news story