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Climate scientists speak to us. What is their consensus opinion?

Summary: Senator Kerry kicked off the Obama administration’s campaign for policy action to fight climate change. He referred to the oft-cited 97% consensus of scientists. Since it is the basis for large and expensive policy proposals, we should know exactly what is the consensus. Here we look at the studies producing that widely cited number. …

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The definitive rebuttal to skepticism about global warming!

Here we have the finale of Mclaren’s discussion of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming (AGW).  After 7 rounds of discussion — one of which I lifted into a post of its own (“Is anthropogenic global warming a scientific debate, or a matter of religious belief?” — he delivers an intellectual thunderbolt. Mclaren’s comments (esp on other subjects) show …

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