Loading ...Here’s the Climate Dissent You’re Not Hearing About Because It’s Muffled by Society’s Top Institutions
In response last month, more than 1,600 scientists, among them two Nobel physics laureates, Clauser and Ivar Giaever of Norway, signed a declaration stating that there is no climate emergency, and that climate advocacy has devolved into mass hysteria. The skeptics say the radical transformation of entire societies is marching forth without a full debate, based on dubious scientific claims amplified by knee-jerk journalism.
“What advocates of climate action are trying to do is scare the bejesus out of the public so they’ll think we need to [act] fast,”
“You have to balance the certainties and uncertainties of the changing climate—the risks and hazards—against many other factors,”
“In the 1500s, they used to drown witches in Europe because they blamed them for bad weather. You had the pagan people trying to appease the gods with sacrifices,” Curry said. “What we’re doing now is like a pseudoscientific version of that, and it’s no more effective than those other strategies.”