{"id":24,"date":"2009-04-28T10:42:53","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T10:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texasenergyexchange\/2009\/04\/28\/the-truth-comes-out\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T14:29:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T14:29:34","slug":"the-truth-comes-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2009\/04\/28\/the-truth-comes-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth Comes Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"1\" align=\"right\" width=\"215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/unbeige\/original\/NYT%20HQ.jpg\" hspace=\"1\" height=\"165\" \/>Senator Kirk Watson\u2019s \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkwatson.com\/newsroom\/legislation\/senate-bill-184-no-regrets\/\" title=\"No Regrets Bill\">No Regrets Bill<\/a>,\u201d which calls on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tceq.state.tx.us\/\" title=\"TCEQ\">TCEQ<\/a> to develop standards to cut greenhouse gas emissions, is making some headway in the legislature. If passed, the bill would help stimulate our economy and position Texas as a leader in greenhouse gas reduction. It\u2019s great to see bills that represent how far we\u2019ve come in our fight against global warming, but after reading last week\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/24\/science\/earth\/24deny.html?_r=4\" title=\"New York Times\">New York Times<\/a>, it\u2019s apparent we\u2019ve got a long way to go.<\/p>\n<p>The article \u201cIndustry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate\u201d was disturbing to say the least. Based on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/documents.nytimes.com\/global-climate-coalition-aiam-climate-change-primer#p=1\" title=\"documents\">documents<\/a> filed in a recent federal lawsuit, it gave an in-depth look at what we knew all along: Global warming is real and humans contribute to it.<\/p>\n<p>However, something we didn\u2019t know was that in 1995 the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earth-policy.org\/Alerts\/Alert6.htm\" title=\"Global Climate Coalition\">Global Climate Coalition<\/a> ignored its trade industry scientists who had agreed that global warming was a problem and that the role of human contribution could not be denied. For more than a decade, the coalition led a campaign to persuade the public that greenhouse gases were not a problem. Something else we didn\u2019t know: The coalition was (yup, you guessed it) financially funded by large corporations and groups representing the oil, coal and auto industries. But why would any group ignore its own qualified scientists on such a crucial issue?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The NYT article compares the coalition\u2019s actions to those of the tobacco industry. For years, tobacco companies insisted that there was no relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, though countless studies, facts, and research from medical advisors proved otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Whether for financial gain or just due to plain ignorance, there\u2019s no honorable reason to discount educated, credentialed professionals and cloud the public\u2019s mind through obfuscation and doubt. The Global Climate Coalition disbanded in 2002, and while it didn\u2019t convince everyone, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/content\/region\/legislature\/stories\/10\/21\/1021govwarming.html\" title=\"Governor Perry\">Gov. Perry<\/a> and TCEQ Chairman Shaw didn\u2019t hesitate to buy into the lies. At a time when the rest of the world is moving forward in the fight against global warming, our Texas leaders (including members of the Texas School Board of Education) are still questioning whether it even exists. There\u2019s something wrong with this picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Kirk Watson\u2019s \u201cNo Regrets Bill,\u201d which calls on the TCEQ to develop standards to cut greenhouse gas emissions, is making some headway in the legislature. If passed, the bill would help stimulate our economy and position Texas as a leader in greenhouse gas reduction. 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