I’m a little surprised to see this from CBS news but it’s a good piece of reporting. It seems that the EPA deliberately suppressed information that might have contradicted the EPA’s and the Administration’s position on global warming and subsequently their support for the cap and trade bill that passed the House on Friday.
The report in question (found here) raises several points including:
- Global temperatures have declined over the last 11 years, not increased, despite accelerated emissions of CO2
- The previous consensus regarding increased Atlantic hurricane activity has changed to one of relative neutrality in Atlantic hurricane behavior
- The idea of rapid melting of Greenland ice has changed due to little evidence supporting this conclusion
- The impact of significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions due to the current global recession is not taken into consideration
- A new paper (found here) released earlier this year suggests that the IPCC used faulty solar data to dismiss the idea that solar activity accounts for warming temperatures on Earth. In fact, they find that solar activity can account for up to 68% of the increase in Earth’s global temperatures
The bottom line, as many of us who have followed this issue well know, is that “global warming” is much more a political issue than a scientific one. True science does not support the conclusions drawn and supported by global warming pundits. The issue of global warming however, has been used to support policies which rapidly advance centralized control of energy industries by governments. Energy accounts for a large percentage of GDP – what better place for a government to expand not only its reach of power but its ability to redistribute capital as it sees fit. There are mechanisms in cap and trade which allow for the punishment of political enemies as well as the rewarding of political allies simply by deciding who gets offsets and how much. Unsurprisingly, the very organization that suppressed the information critical of the reason behind the bill will become the overseer of the bill’s carbon offset program.
If this is a sensitive issue for you, and it should be, then be sure to call your Senator and let them know how you feel. Once this is passed and signed into law it is going to be very, very hard to repeal once the politicians become addicted to the power it brings – regardless of whatever happens with the climate.
Note: This article also appears at www.novanglus.org
