This is excellent. Just because the EPA and environmentalists say the science is settled doesn't make it so. They're going to have to prove it to me. And if the science is settled, why would they be afraid to take it to court to prove it so?
On Aug 26, 10:36 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Global Warming To Be Put On Trial? > | > | from the break-out-the-popcorn dept. > | > | posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 26, @08:23 (Businesses) > | > | https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/26/0117230/Global-Warming-To... > | > +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Mr_Blank writes to mention that the United States' largest business lobby > is pushing for a public trial to examine the [0]evidence of global > warming and have a judge make a ruling on whether human beings are > warming the planet to dangerous effect. "The goal of the chamber, which > represents 3 million large and small businesses, is to fend off potential > emissions regulations by undercutting the scientific consensus over > climate change. If the EPA denies the request, as expected, the chamber > plans to take the fight to federal court. The EPA is having none of it, > calling a hearing a 'waste of time' and saying that a threatened lawsuit > by the chamber would be 'frivolous.' [...] Environmentalists say the > chamber's strategy is an attempt to sow political discord by challenging > settled science — and note that in the famed 1925 Scopes trial, which > pitted lawyers Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan in a courtroom > battle over a Tennessee science teacher accused of teaching evolution > illegally, the scientists won in the end." > > Discuss this story at: > http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/26/0117230 > > Links: > 0.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-climate-trial25-... > > +--------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
