Beyond Partisan Ideology and Big-Oil Interests: Why Climate Skepticism Thrives

PA Pundits International

Cornwall Alliance   ~       

By Vijay Jayaraj ~  

It is easy to associate climate skepticism with the Republican Party and climate alarmism with the Democratic Party. It’s also easy to brand skeptics as beneficiaries of big oil and proponents of unfettered capitalism and alarmists as in the pocket of big wind and solar and boosters of socialist central planning.

But attitudes about climate change transcend political ideologies, and they should.

Here are a few reasons why I, as a climate scientist, am a skeptic.

1. Will the Real Climate Change Please Stand Up?

Japan’s monthly mean temperatures have shown no significant warming in 40 years. North America had one of its highest snowfall years in 2018. The Indian city of Chennai recorded its historic high way back in 2003. Hundreds of cities in North America recorded their historic lows in 2018, beating even 80-year records.

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