{"id":258563,"date":"2010-02-01T06:09:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T11:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?id=5022"},"modified":"2010-02-01T06:09:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T11:09:06","slug":"climategate-al-gore-and-the-politicization-of-science-by-roger-l-simon-pajamasmedia-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/258563","title":{"rendered":"Climategate: Al Gore and the politicization of science by Roger L. Simon, PajamasMedia.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article Tags: ClimateGate<\/a>, Roger L. Simon<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the most disturbing outgrowths of the global warming controversy over the last twenty or so years has been the increased politicization of science. Of course, this is far from the first time this<\/a> has occurred, but it may be one of the most important, because we are at a particularly fragile moment in the global economy. Indeed, had it not been for the release of the Climategate emails and documents in November, the recent Copenhagen conference might have succeeded in reallocating billions, even trillions, of dollars, possibly leading to a form of global bankruptcy. Less than two months later, with the so-called science now unraveling<\/a> on<\/a> an<\/a> almost<\/a> daily<\/a> basis<\/a>, the whole thing seems close to insane. How could we have done it?<\/p>\n

Well, how could we have done it?<\/p>\n

Okay, I\u2019ll take a pass at that \u2013 with the caveat that this is a very early narrative of a story that many will tell and examine in the future, undoubtedly in book form. In fact, it deserves several books.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s start with the obvious. Most of us love Mother Earth. It\u2019s a beautiful planet to live on with many extraordinary places and creatures \u201cin\u2019t.\u201d Most of us want to preserve it. And for decades we have been trying to do so \u2013 liberals and conservatives in sometimes different ways \u2013 via governmental and non-governmental means. To greater or lesser degrees, some of these means worked \u2013 or at least improved things. Anyone who lives in Los Angeles, as I do, knows the benefits of air quality legislation. You can actually see the hills and your eyes don\u2019t tear, as they once did, when you walk into the back yard.
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