When any group with an agenda tries to prove their special viewpoint on an issue, the science stands a greater chance of being flawed. And the presently popular global warming scenario is the poster child for flawed science.
Today’s environmentalism has evolved into a circus of actors trying every trick to manipulate politicians, news media and public opinion.
Interested in the polar bear issue? Just pick your favorite group…they have scientists on board, ready to support your favorite viewpoint. In this cacophony of “scientific opinions,” it is the group with the most alarming predictions and the most advertising money that wins, regardless of scientific foundation.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is how our politicians decide environmental, energy and economic policy.
Maybe it’s time for some common sense.
Read more:
The Heritage Foundation: Protecting Endangered Species
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Isn’t it a little ironic that all three of the places you cite (presumably as sources of “common sense”) are either partisan think-tanks or in the case of junk science, a site run directly by an industry sponsored flak? All are hired and paid precisely based on what conclusions they support and things they say, rather than any sort of scientific or evidential merit.