Obama ups ‘consensus’ to 99.5% ‘Mr. President, Here’s Why That Claim of a 97% Climate Change Consensus Is Bunk’

http://www.mrctv.org/blog/no-mr-president-claim-climate-change-consensus-bunk Recently, President Obama scrapped the “97% consensus of scientists believe in climate change” claim – andraised it 99.5%: While the president noted that “99.5 percent of scientists and experts [and] 99 percent of world leaders” agree human-caused climate change needs to be reckoned with. If the President relied on facts rather than hyperbole, he […]

Skeptical Scientist Group asks NASA to Revise 97% Consensus Statements on Global Warming

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/03/prweb12556265.htm Friends of Science today sent a letter to Charles Bolden, Chief Administrator, asking NASA to revise the consensus claim on the climate change section of NASA’s web-site which the Friends say is misleading. Friends of Science state that their research reveals there has never been a valid consensus study of scientists on climate change […]

Ted Cruz Presses Sierra Club On Global Warming Pause

http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/06/ted-cruz-presses-sierra-club-on-global-warming-pause-video/   Cruz then asked again if Mair was unwilling to answer the question. The Sierra Club chief replied, “We concur with the preponderance of the evidence — you’re asking me if we’ll take 3 percent over the 97 percent? Of course not.”   After a repeated back-and-forth, an exasperated Cruz concluded, “You know, Mr. […]

‘It’s All Wrong’: UN IPCC Lead Author Dr. Richard Tol slams media for false claims about alleged 97% consensus

Climate Depot Exclusive Convening UN IPCC Lead Author Dr. Richard Tol, a Professor at the University of Sussex, has been in a back and forth battle with the global warming promoting website Politifact. Tol is demanding corrections to their articles claiming that GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s debunking of the alleged 97% consensus was “false.” Tol’s full […]

Survey of 1800 scientists: The ‘97% consensus’ is now 43% – ‘Less than half of climate scientists agree with UN IPCC ‘95%’ certainty’

Via: http://joannenova.com.au/2015/07/less-than-half-of-climate-scientists-agree-with-the-ipcc-95-certainty/ I used to think there was a consensus among government-funded certified climate scientists, but a better study by Verheggen et al shows even that is not true.[1] The “97% consensus” is now 43%. Finally there is a decent survey on the topic, and it shows that less than half of what we would call […]

Clinton spoofs GOP’s ‘mad scientists’ in video

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/249309-clinton-spoofs-gops-mad-scientists   Hillary Clinton’s campaign is out with a new video panning the Republican presidential field as “mad scientists” who deny the effects of climate change.   The new spot centers on the use of the phrase “I’m not a scientist” by Republican candidates when discussing climate change.   “Faced with the threat of climate […]