Andrew C. Revkin/writings

2009-09-21 [Talk|Index] Momentum on Climate Pact Is Elusive § “Scientists say the pattern of the last decade – after a precipitous rise in average global temperatures in the 1990s – is a result of cyclical variations in ocean conditions and has no bearing on the long-term warming effects of greenhouse gases building up in the atmosphere.” Possibly... but the overwhelming majority say just the opposite.
2009-04-23 [Talk|Index] Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate § “a document filed in a federal lawsuit demonstrates that even as the coalition worked to sway opinion, its own scientific and technical experts were advising that the science backing the role of greenhouse gases in global warming could not be refuted.”
2001-03-14 [Talk|Index] Bush, in Reversal, Won't Seek Cut In Emissions of Carbon Dioxide § “Under strong pressure from conservative Republicans and industry groups, President Bush reversed a campaign pledge today and said his administration would not seek to regulate power plants' emissions of carbon dioxide, a gas that many scientists say is a key contributor to global warming.”