What Does It Mean To Be a Climate Change Denier, Part VII

Various public figures have been labeled climate change deniers. In the past few posts I've focused on 11 individuals who have been so labeled. As it turns out, only one of these individuals flat-out denies the existence of climate change. The others acknowledge global warming but express uncertainty about the causes, rate, magnitude, or impact of climate change. Most accept that human activity plays some role in recent warming but doubt climate change is a serious threat to the biosphere.

So, most of these “deniers” are open to the idea that climate change is real and human activity is at least partly responsible. Most have also articulated an overall approach to addressing climate change as a policy issue. Here’s a chart to explain more:

I see three themes here: keep energy cheap and plentiful, focus on adaptation, and let market forces take the lead. In the next post, I’ll focus on their underlying rationale.

Links/References:

James Inhofe

"Politics Reasserts Itself in the Debate Over Climate Change and Its Hazards"

Marc Morano

"Bill Nye vs Marc Morano on Global Warming"

Chris Horner

https://cei.org/issues/energy-and-environment

http://humanevents.com/2007/02/20/top-10-globalwarming-myths/

Patrick Michaels

https://www.cato.org/publications/working-paper/climate-models-climate-reality-closer-look-lukewarming-world

Myron Ebell

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/30/green-movement-greatest-threat-freedom-says-trump-adviser-myron-ebell