News & Views item - December 2010

 

 

 Union of Concerned Scientists Releases 3 Climate Comments. (December 10, 2010)

This cautionary notice from the Union of Concerned Scientists arrived this morning.

Come January, climate deniers—backed by big oil, the coal industry, and electric utilities—will descend on [the US] Congress, governors’ offices, and state legislatures across the country. Taking a page out of the tobacco industry's playbook, they will manufacture doubt about the science of climate change and stop at nothing to protect their own interests and deep pockets by blocking efforts to reduce global warming emissions. We’re gearing up for a fight and are prepared to move forward.

 

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