That is what I thought as well. LadybugsTX wrote: > 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-... >> >> +--------------------------------------------- >> > > > >
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