Climate Skeptics
In Tuesday’s IHT, Elisabeth Rosenthal reported that doubts on climate warming have been on the rise, especially in Britain, after a data dispute and a cold winter.
Britain, until recently a world leader in its response to climate change, now suffers a global reputation as a hotbed of skepticism.
The front page of Tuesday’s IHT cites a BBC poll which suggests that belief among Britons in manmade climate change has declined dramatically.
The report is right to blame exaggerated media coverage of climate scientists’ errors, as well as the furore over leaked e-mails at the University of East Anglia. It could also have pointed to the controversy over a British public information campaign that made “misleading” claims about the certainty of climate change damage.… Seguir leyendo »