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December 01, 2009
Gibbs: Despite research dispute, "climate change is happening"
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Gibbs: Despite research dispute, 'climate change is happening'
The White House on Monday made exceptionally clear that it wants nothing to do with the furor over documents that global warming skeptics say prove the phenomenon is not a threat.
Despite the incident, which rocked international headlines last week, climate science is sound, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stressed this afternoon, and the White House nonetheless believes “climate change is happening.”
“I don’t think that’s anything that is, quite frankly, among most people, in dispute anymore,” he said during Monday’s press briefing.
Climate change skeptics have asserted over the past week that the publication of more than 1,000 private e-mails and documents once housed in the University of East Anglia’s computer system refutes most modern global warming evidence.
But the dispute is proving especially troublesome for the Obama administration as it prepares to head to Copenhagen next week for a climate change summit -- a forum the president will attend.
Not only has the White House faced criticism from the left for offering too few concessions ahead of the meet, it is now fielding dissatisfaction from the right for participating in a summit sponsored in part by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -- one of the research organs touched by the CRU spat.
"I think there's no real scientific basis for the dispute of this," responded Gibbs to questions about those scientists' credibility.
Nevertheless, congressional Republicans this week hope to ramp up their criticism of both global warming policy and the science that informs it.
Most vocal seems to be Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Inhofe demanded on Friday a hearing into the IPCC's research to determine whether it "cooked the science to make this thing look as if the science was settled, when all the time of course we knew it was not."
" This thing is serious, you think about the literally millions of dollars that have been thrown away on some of this stuff that they came out with," he told reporters, noting it was "interesting" the e-mails surfaced before the Copenhagen summit.
Major Garrett asks Gibbs at the White House briefing, "Do you have any evaluation or comment on the controversy of hacked e-mails that suggest some of the underlying science may be in error or may have been altered in some way?"
GIBBS: I think Carol Browner addressed that last week. Uh... Uh... on the order of several thousand scientists have come, uh, to the conclusion that, uh, climate change is happening. Uhhh, I don't think that's, uh, anything that is quite, frankly -- among most people -- in dispute, anymore.
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Wild Thing's comment.........
I wondered what happened to Baghdad Bob. Now we all know: he morphed into Gibbs.
The Earth’s climate changed many times long before the dawn of man, and will continue to do so, with or without us. Obama and Gore's power lust is what this is all about, and it is total BS. Yo Gibbs, you guys stepped in it big time.
Posted by Wild Thing at December 1, 2009 04:50 AM
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Robert Gibbs is nothing more than a Sock Puppet for thie Administration. It is really not surprising, nor is it new, that he makes statements like this.
This Administration has bought in to this whole Global Warming BS, as has the Congress.
They are using it to gain more control of our lives and also to extract more in taxes.
Don't be surprised if The Fraud,, signs up the U.S. to some trumped up deal with other countries, while in Copenhagen. Also don't be surprised if Barbara("don't call me maam")Boxer's Committee is allowed to move forward with the Cap and Trade Agenda.
It's all about the pattern that this Administration and Congress have to turn this country into a Socalist/Marxist Third World Nation. Part of the "New World Order".
They are not going to let the isssuance of a group of writings, proving the fraudulent nature of Global Warming being caused by Humans, stand in their way. Look how they ignored the majority opinion of the people, and the statistics on the costs, on the Health Care thing.
November 2010 can not come soon enough.
Posted by: Sean at December 1, 2009 09:47 AM
I agree Sean.
Gibbs: Despite research dispute, 'climate change is happening'
Yes WT, There has always been, is now and for the remainder of this earth's time been climate change. With or without us it will continue.
Posted by: Bob A at December 1, 2009 10:23 AM
obama/Gibbs is one of the worst vetriliquist acts ever. Their Marxist routine is angering and their delivery is unbelievable and embarrassing.
Posted by: TomR at December 1, 2009 12:03 PM
Excuse me but does Bob Gibbs have a degree in earth science? I don't think he does, so what he says about this don't mean a pinch of piss in a windstorm. When someone can actually show me the concrete evidence, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is real, it means nothing to me.
Posted by: Lynn at December 1, 2009 02:01 PM
Gibby Gibby Gibby on the looney lefty lefty lefty
Goreon Express of BS, eh? I'll rely on REALITY and Benjamin Franklins Almanac anytime!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at December 1, 2009 05:23 PM
PS: "We three polar bears of Goreonville are...
BEARing gifts we traverse afar..." Love your Christmastime website theme Wild Thing!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at December 1, 2009 10:44 PM
Our six major hoaxes:
1. The usurper Mr. Barack Obama.
2. The Obama Administration.
3. The AGW theory.
4. ObamaCare.
5. MSM.
6. Hollywood.
Posted by: Anon at December 1, 2009 11:17 PM
Thank you all of you sooo much.
Posted by: Wild Thing at December 2, 2009 01:26 AM
