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Congressional Testimony: A Surprising Consensus On Climate
Lasrick writes: Many legislators regularly deny that there is a scientific consensus, or even broad scientific support, for government action to address climate change. Researchers recently assessed the content of congressional testimony related to either global warming or climate change from 1969 to 2007. For each piece of testimony, they recorded several characteristics about how the testimony discussed climate. For instance, noting whether the testimony indicated that global warming or climate change was happening and whether any climate change was attributable (in part) to anthropogenic sources. The results: Testimony to Congress—even under Republican reign—reflects the scientific consensus that humans are changing our planet's climate.
Sadly there is no scientific consensus on whether this method of determining a consensus works or not.
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The "consensus" of scientists was pretty clear on that whole phlogiston thing for a while, wasn't it... and then on the whole "caloric" thing that replaced it.
Right, but the astrologers have been consistent all along.
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the bills are a charade.
a troll.
like you.
it claims to be about promoting science but the reality is it silences it. they are fake plays at 'transparency' made in an attempt to hamstring the EPA, NASA, NOAA, and anyone else whose science their corporate owners don't agree with. there is a reason virtually no honest scientist actually supports those trolls of a bill, besides the fact that there is no such thing as 'secret science' anyway.
now collect your silver and be gone shill.
I enjoy your factual and well reasoned argument. You truly exemplify the intellectual prowess I have come to expect of the left.