{"id":34647,"date":"2019-01-04T23:01:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T23:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34647"},"modified":"2019-01-04T23:01:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T23:01:45","slug":"climate-change-debate-is-over-dont-believe-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34647","title":{"rendered":"Climate change debate is over? Don’t believe it is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chuck Todd, the moderator of “Meet the Press,” has done something I find troublesome. He said he longer will give air time on his program to those who deny the existence of climate change.<\/p>\n

Here is a snippet from a monologue Todd gave at the start of his program this past Sunday: “We’re not going to debate climate change, the existence of it. The Earth is getting hotter. And human activity is a major cause, period. We’re not going to give time to climate deniers. The science is settled, even if political opinion is not. And we’re going to confuse weather with climate.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Debate hasn’t ended<\/a><\/p>\n

Where do I begin? I’ll start with the acknowledgment that I happen to agree with Todd, that climate change is settled science and that human beings are a major cause of it.<\/p>\n

However, the existence of differences in “political opinion” make the debate a live option.<\/p>\n

I am disappointed that Todd has decided that he no longer will allow his TV show to be a forum to debate this critical issue. That a major TV news talk and analysis show would cease that debate bothers me. It shuts out important voices, even if many of us disagree with them; there certainly are other Americans who side with those who question the existence of climate change, let alone its cause.<\/p>\n

It troubles me that “Meet the Press” won’t welcome an open debate on what well might be the most compelling issue of our time. Let both sides argue their points. Indeed, there are plenty of “experts” on either side who can make their case.<\/p>\n

As Todd himself as admitted, “political opinion” remains deeply divided on the issue of climate change.<\/p>\n\n

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