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Why Do GOP Candidates Continue to Deny Climate Change?
By not in system - AOL News(Oct. 12) -- What will happen to climate change legislation if the GOP wins control of the Senate in November? In the cover story of this week's New Republic magazine, Bill McKibben (author of the 2005 book "The End of Nature") examines common GOP climate change denial. Of course, it's largely Democrats -- including a disinterested Obama administration -- who are to blame for failing to pass a climate bill in the past two years, when they controlled both the White House and Congress. But at least Democrats acknowledge the fact -- supported by all but a few selectively vocal dissenters in ...
Climate Change Skeptics and the Gender Gap
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyIn his second week in Copenhagen covering the climate change talks, the BBC's Richard Black posed a question on his blog: "Why are virtually all climate 'sceptics' men?" Well, not all of them, he goes on to say, but the most prominent ones (minus a few notable exceptions). "You might think it's a trite question," Black said. Not really, but go on. "It's a marked contrast to the world of mainstream climate science, which boasts a number of eminent female practitioners, including IPCC lead authors Susan Solomon and Cynthia Rosenzweig; and to the world of UN climate talks, where many ...
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