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The Climate Change Debate Goes On Science of Liverpool's John Moores views about climate change have little confident about too many things. That University, UK: "[Global warming or no scientific basis. The rational was the simple message of the cap-and-trade bills have] caused so _ basis for extremist views about global Heartland conference, and one that I much trouble in Europe. It's not warming may be a desire to push for hope sinks in." 00 working, it's never going to work. It political action on global warming." won't have any effect on the climate, | * Physics professor emeritus Dr About the Author: but [not] only that there will be more Howard Hayden of the University of Marc Morano is communications unemployed in Europe. If that helps Connecticut: "The fluctuations in director for the Republicans on the US the climate, perhaps that is a solution." Earth's temperature are caused by Senate Committee on Environment and * Atmospheric physicist Ferenc astronomical phenomena. The Public Works. He commenced work Miskolczi, formerly with NASA's combined effects of all 'greenhouse with the committee under Senator Langley Research Center: "The gases', albedo changes, and other James Inhofe, who was majority : : chairman of the committee until runaway greenhouse effect is physically Earthly changes account for no more , an . : January 2007 and is now minority impossible... The observed global than about 3 degrees C of the changes . : : : : : we . ranking member. In December 2006, warming has nothing to do directly with during transitions between ice ages \, | hed a bl h th house effect; it must be related _ and interglacials." a ocle rcheite the lavoel a: © greenhou > terg , ay committee's website that largely to changes in the total absorbed solar * Climate statistician Dr William M. promotes the views of climate change radiation or dissipated heat from other Briggs, who serves on the American sceptics. He can be contacted at natural or anthropogenic sources of Meteorological Society's Probability —Marc_Morano@EPW.Senate.Gov. thermal energy." and Statistics Committee and is an ¢ Meteorologist Art Horn: "There associate editor of Monthly Weather Editor's Note: are thousands of scientists around the Review: "It is my belief that the Dye to space constraints, we cannot world who believe that this issue is strident and frequent claims of jncllude the hyperlinked endnotes not settled. The climate is not being catastrophes caused by man-made accompanying this article. To access influenced by carbon dioxide." global warming are stated with a_ these, go to http://ecoworld.com/ ¢ German meteorologist Dr Gerd- degree of confidence not warranted by _ features/2008/03/15/the-debate-goes- Rainer Weber: "Most of the extremist the data... Too many people are too on/and click on the links. Editor's Note: Due to space constraints, we cannot incllude the hyperlinked endnotes accompanying this article. To access these, go to http://ecoworld.com/ features/2008/03/15/the-debate-goes- on/ and click on the links. NEXUS ¢ 73 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com