"Perry is a notorious(ly dim) climate denier, and the decision from this Texas commission points rather squarely to what happens when plain scientific results clash with a predetermined ideology: The research has to be erased, so that there is no longer a conflict. You say the bay is rising by three millimeters a year? Well, we'll just see about that, Mr. Measuring Guy. Our leaders say it's not happening, and they have hell of a lot more clout than you.
It sounds like something from North Korea or the old Soviet Union."
It's ironic and a black comedy that what may save us from ourselves in our political mess is ... Nature. May you live in interesting times.
It sounds like something from North Korea or the old Soviet Union."
It's ironic and a black comedy that what may save us from ourselves in our political mess is ... Nature. May you live in interesting times.
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