Denial of Science Whats that CLIMATE DISRUPTION This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop Our planet is freezing record low temps and our GW scientists are stuck in ID: 692219
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Denial of Science
What’s a scientist to do?Slide2
“Denial of Science”?
What’s that?
?Slide3Slide4
CLIMATE DISRUPTION“This
very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to
stop. Our
planet is freezing, record low temps, and our GW scientists are stuck in ice.”
--Donald J. Trump
Twitter
1 Jan 2014
WIND ENERGY
“Not
only are wind farms disgusting looking, but even worse they are bad for people's
health.”
--Donald J. Trump
Twitter
23 April 2012
ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING
“Remember, new
‘environment friendly’
lightbulbs can cause cancer. Be careful—the idiots who came up with this stuff don't care
.”
--Donald J. Trump
Twitter
17 October 2012Slide5
FRACKING“Fracking poses ZERO health risks. In fact, it increases our national security by making us energy independent.”
--Donald J. Trump
Twitter
1 May 2013EBOLA“The U.S. cannot allow EBOLA infected people back. People that go to far away places to help out are great—but must suffer the consequences
!
”
--Donald J. Trump
Twitter
1 Aug 2014
AUTISM-VACCINE CONNECTION
“Healthy
young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases
!”
--Donald J. Trump
Twitter
28 Mar 2014Slide6
That was before the election. Maybe Trump will change.Slide7
Trump appointee:White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon,Executive Director ofBreitbart News
(3/12 to 8/16)
sample headlines during his tenure:
“Climate Change: The Hoax That Costs Us$4 Billion a Day” (8 Aug 2015)“Climate Change: The Greatest-Ever ConspiracyAgainst The Taxpayer”
(28 Mar 2016)Slide8
Trump appointee:
EPA Transition Team Leader
Myron
Ebell
,
Director of Center for Energy
& Environment at Competitive
Enterprise Institute
“There is serious scientific debate about the
magnitude, rate, and potential impacts of
global warming...Where we disagree with
global warming alarmists is whether this
amounts to a crisis requiring drastic action.”
(22 Nov 2016 blog)Slide9
Trump appointee:EPA AdministratorScott Pruitt
,
Oklahoma Attorney General:
“A leading advocate against EPA’s activist agenda.” (Scott Pruitt’s web page)
“Global warming has inspired one of the major
policy debates of our time. That debate is far
from settled. Scientists continue to disagree
about the degree and extent of global warming.”
(17 May 2016
National Review
)Slide10
Well…OK…but things weren’t so bad before Trump.Slide11
James Inhofe,Chairman, Senate Committee on theEnvironment & Public Works:
“Global
warming is the greatest
hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” (7/28/03 Congressional Record)
Lamar Smith
,
Chairman,
House Committee on
Science, Space, & Technology:
“Global Temperatures Plunge. Icy
Silence from Climate Alarmists.”
(12/1/16 committee Tweet
citing Breitbart News)Slide12
Ronald ReaganPresident of the United States(1981-1989)Governor of California
(1967-1975)
“You know, a tree is a tree. How many more do
you need to look at?”
(12 Mar 1966 speech)
“Trees cause more pollution than automobiles
do.”
(4 Nov 1980
Washington Post
)Slide13
Rush Limbaugh,radio personalityfrom his 1993 book:
“On
no issue has the evidence
ofmy foresight and keen politicalinstincts been more compelling thanthat of the environment. Come,let
us
count the ways: Despite the
hysterics
of a few
pseudo-scientists,
there
is no reason to believe
in global warming.
Mankind
is not responsible
for depleting
the
ozone
layer. The Earth’s ecosystem is not fragile, & humansare
not capable
of destroying it.”Slide14
source: Union of Concerned ScientistsSlide15
has spent
$33 million
funding
science denial
since 1998
William Nierenberg
Fred SingerSlide16
William Jennings Bryan,3
presidential candidate,
attorney during 1925 Scopes
“Monkey Trial”:“All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution
.
”Slide17
Wow…OK…the situation is terrible…but what can
I
do?
Important
:
What we have
done so far
has
not
worked!Slide18
Wow…OK…the situation is terrible…but what can
I
do?
(1) Prepare.
(2) Act!Slide19
(1) Prepare.
(a) Inspire your mind.Slide20
(1) Prepare.
(b) Inspire your soul.Slide21
(1) Prepare.
(c) Find your motto.
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are
ignored.
”
--Aldous Huxley
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
--Margaret Mead
“If not us, who? If not now, when?”
--Hillel the Elder
(paraphrased)Slide22
(1) Prepare.
(d) Learn the science.
e
specially the basics of climate change:
www.ipcc.ch
www.realclimate.org
www.skepticalscience.com
www.climatecentral.orgSlide23
(1) Prepare.
(e) Learn to communicate science
with both passion & compassion.Slide24
(2) Act!
(a) Come down from the
“ivory tower” &
break the “wall of science”.
ivory tower
wall
of
science
Slide25
But that would be advocacy and I would lose my credibility.Slide26
If we do not
enter
the debates,
then popularization of complex issueswill occur without our direct inputand will likely be more inaccurate.
Stephen SchneiderSlide27
“Advocacy
is nearly unavoidable, and
scientists
, by virtue of being citizens first and scientists second, have a responsibility to advocate to the best of their abilities, to improve their advocacy abilities, and to advocate in a justified and transparent manner
.”Slide28
(2) Act!
(b) Popularize science.
Educate!!
Educate!!
Educate!!!
E. O. WilsonSlide29
(2) Act!
(c) Defend science.
data
Slide30
(2) Act!
(c) Defend science.
Personally taking this action
to the level of state & federal
government is
not
for the
faint of heart.Slide31
(2) Act!
(d) Organize, join, volunteer.
350 Hawaii
www.greenlisthawaii.comSlide32
(2) Act!
(e) Help businesses to use
science ethically.Slide33
Denial of Science
Discussion Question
What are opportunities for
pro-science
action
,
especially at UH
& elsewhere in Hawai‘i?