Former Democratic Sen. Tim Wirth of Colorado, now the president of the UN Foundation
Former Democratic Sen. Tim Wirth of Colorado, now the president of the UN Foundation, said the flooding and forest fires in the United States this year are evidence of “the kind of dramatic climate impact” climate change models have predicted and that global warming spokesmen must “undertake an aggressive program to go after those who are among the deniers” of climate change.
In a UN Foundation conference call about climate change, from Svalbard, Norway on Thursday, Wirth said, “[W]e have to — I think, again as I’ve suggested before — undertake an aggressive program to go after those who are among the deniers, who are putting out these mistruths, and really call them for what they’re doing and make a battle out of it. They’ve had pretty much of a free ride so far, and that time has got to stop.”
Wirth also said it was a good thing that people such as weather forecasters have come together “to try to explain climate change and climate impacts when they’re doing the evening news and talking about the weather, which is where most people in the United States get their information. That’s going to be, I think over a period of time, an extremely important set of steps to take.”
“We also have to do a better job of having the scientific community being able to explain what they’re doing and how they’re doing it and why they’re doing it in very clear terms that are understandable to 300 million Americans.
“Third, we have to, I think, again as I’ve suggested before, undertake an aggressive program to go after those who are among the deniers, who are putting out these mistruths, and really call them for what they’re doing and make a battle out of it. They’ve had pretty much of a free ride so far, and that time has got to stop.
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Wild Thing’s comment……
There is NO Global Warming! There is NO Global Warming! There is NO Global Warming!
There is NO Global Warming! There is NO Global Warming!
No matter what you say freak!
This worthless oxygen user used to be a big deal in my state. What a waste.
Ivor, thanks for the input. It is amazing the attitude these progressives have, and I think it has a lot to do with they keep getting away with it too.
I have seen very good arguments by Libertarians that to defend freedoms we need to be much meaner people. A thing like freedom begins with telling Aunt Ethel to shove her nose where the sun doesn’t shine. I think that these progressives make a much better argument for not being nice to them.