Guest column: Climate arguments have changed

Guest column: Climate arguments have changed

“I don’t run into climate deniers that much anymore to be honest,” Andy Dessler told me. Dr. Dessler is a professor of Atmospheric Science at Texas A&M University. “Most people for whom credibility matters will not dispute the basic idea that the earth is warming, humans are to blame, and the future warming is going to be geologically large.” “You see those people have morphed their arguments,” he went on. “The battlefield has changed from clima…

New Column: Climate deniers shift focus to renewable energy skepticism

My column is starting to get good coverage across Michigan. A lot of people who don’t read The New York Times still look to their local paper as a credible source. This column is starting to break into local papers in small towns, where clean energy siting is gaining momentum. Peter Sinclair in the Midland … Continue reading "New Column: Climate deniers shift focus to renewable energy skepticism"