Climate Change: Environmentalists and Global Warming

The Environmentalists claim the science is settled, and that any actions taken to prove otherwise will be unfruitful. They do this to turn public attention away from the fact that much of their data is purposely taken out of context, manipulated, or made up in order to prove that Manmade Global Warming exists. In fact, there is more evidence showing that the rise in temperatures may be due to solar activity or part of the Earth’s natural climate fluctuations, than to support that it is caused by greenhouse gases generated by humans.

The Global Warming Debate encompasses one of the most complex systems in our natural world, the Earth’s atmosphere, so it is very important to understand the basics. In the book, The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change, climate is defined as “The climate of a place, a region, or the Earth as a whole, is the average over time of meteorological conditions that occur there – the average weather” (Dessler & Parson, 2010, p. 7). The source of energy for the Earth’s climate is electromagnetic radiation, more specifically the sun. This means that the sun is the main driver behind the climate, unless something else acts upon it. According to Environmentalists, humans are changing the climate by our actions. The official definition of manmade climate change is given by The United Nations’ report “Framework Commission on Climate Change”, as “change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods” (Bell, 2011, p. 45). According to environmentalists, the main way humans are changing the climate is by the Green House Effect. The Green ...

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...was suppressed by the Environmental Protection Agency. Carlin who was a senior research analyst at the EPA, wrote their “Internal Study on Climate” Report. After reviewing all research compiled by the EPA, he concluded that the available data invalidated the Manmade Global Warming Theory. He wrote, “Given the downward trend in temperatures since 1998 there is no particular reason to rush into decision based upon a scientific hypothesis that does not appear to explain most of the available data” (Bell, 2011, p. 9). Because of his finds Alan Carlin, a thirty eight year employee, was forbidden from speaking to anyone about his report and was moved away from any climate related work. Shortly after the report was suppressed, the enacted the endangerment finding in the Clean Air Act which enable them to set limits on greenhouse gases produced by the American people.