On January 8, The Washington Post published Wills syndicated column, headlined Climate changes instructive past, in which he discussed two books about previous climate shifts -- the Medieval Warming Period and the Little Ice Age. Will asserted, of course the climate is changing -- it always is, and warned against wagering vast wealth and curtailments of liberty on correcting the climate. Without explaining his reasoning, Will claimed the books do not support those who believe human behavior is the sovereign or even primary disrupter of climate normality. But Will ignored the overwhelming scientific consensus that human activity is the main cause of recent global warming. Further, Wills myopic view of history ignores the wealth of scientific evidence showing that greenhouse gases -- which are currently at record levels due to the burning of fossil fuels -- have been the principal factor in prior climate changes. by Kevin Kalhoefer, Media Matters
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:50:07 +0000
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