Comments on: Shadow Boxing on Climate http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3359 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Crumb Trail http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3359&cpage=1#comment-808 Crumb Trail Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:14:23 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3359#comment-808 <strong>Policy Problems</strong> Roger Pielke Jr. discusses Shadow Boxing on Climate. I am amazed by the recent attention being paid to the issue of a scientific consensus on climate change. Naomi Oreskes wrote an article a few weeks back in Science, claiming... Policy Problems

Roger Pielke Jr. discusses Shadow Boxing on Climate. I am amazed by the recent attention being paid to the issue of a scientific consensus on climate change. Naomi Oreskes wrote an article a few weeks back in Science, claiming…

]]> By: Roger Pielke http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3359&cpage=1#comment-806 Roger Pielke Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:58:50 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3359#comment-806 James- Thanks much for your comments (both). I'd just reply (only half in jest) that if progress on climate change requires changing the perspectives of Senator Inhofe or the like, then we might as well give up now ... James- Thanks much for your comments (both). I’d just reply (only half in jest) that if progress on climate change requires changing the perspectives of Senator Inhofe or the like, then we might as well give up now …

]]> By: Crumb Trail http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3359&cpage=1#comment-807 Crumb Trail Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:55:28 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3359#comment-807 <strong>Policy Problems</strong> Roger Pielke Jr. discusses Shadow Boxing on Climate. I am amazed by the recent attention being paid to the issue of a scientific consensus on climate change. Naomi Oreskes wrote an article a few weeks back in Science, claiming that a literature review... Policy Problems

Roger Pielke Jr. discusses Shadow Boxing on Climate. I am amazed by the recent attention being paid to the issue of a scientific consensus on climate change. Naomi Oreskes wrote an article a few weeks back in Science, claiming that a literature review…

]]> By: James Bradbury http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3359&cpage=1#comment-805 James Bradbury Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:23:59 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3359#comment-805 Senator James Inhofe, chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, has proclaimed that global warming may be "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." Funny, I don't recall President Bush rushing to the pressroom to set the record straight on this issue after Inhofe made this statement on the Senate Floor! The denialists are still out there and they are very outspoken when the chips are down. I think that this is why Oreskes feels a need to do the work that she has been doing. However, I think that Dr. Pielke is also correct to suggest that the policy challenges are significant and need more discussion. Unfortunately, this discussion is not happening, at least in this country... and I think that people like Inhofe are largely to blame. Senator James Inhofe, chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, has proclaimed that global warming may be “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” Funny, I don’t recall President Bush rushing to the pressroom to set the record straight on this issue after Inhofe made this statement on the Senate Floor!

The denialists are still out there and they are very outspoken when the chips are down. I think that this is why Oreskes feels a need to do the work that she has been doing.

However, I think that Dr. Pielke is also correct to suggest that the policy challenges are significant and need more discussion. Unfortunately, this discussion is not happening, at least in this country… and I think that people like Inhofe are largely to blame.

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