Reading the first reactions to the Ted Cruz inquiry, it seems that partially as a result of Trumps “interesting” statements on Muslims, and partly as a result of his stunning performance on climate, the Clinton camp are are aiming their attacks toward Ted Cruz.
But back to climate. The issue being picked up by “The Blaze” are:
- John Kerry#’s prediction of ice-free Antarctic by 2013
- The failure of the computer models during the “pause”
- 18 years without warming
The alarmist National Journal has a rather odd headline suggesting that Cruz played the “victim card” as a “climate heretic”.
“I believe that public policy should follow the actual science and the actual data and evidence, and not political and partisan claims that run contrary to the science and data and analysis,” Cruz said
Judith Curry, a Georgia Institute of Technology professor, said there’s been a “chilling effect” on her own research and that she no longer applies for government grants because she thinks they won’t get funded.
Cruz denies that global warming is happening or that man has played a role and has made his “full-out denial” a key point in his presidential campaign, [false – I understand Cruz’s view to be that there is no evidence the change we have seen was manmade and good evidence it is natural]
However, author Mark Steyn and Curry challenged Markey after his question time had expired for not giving them time to respond, launching a spirited back-and-forth about what data sets and studies were reliable for studying climate change.
Despite the hearing coming as Cruz is rising in the GOP polls, he kept explicit presidential campaigning out of the chamber and instead focused on promoting climate skepticism. He even said that he took Democrats’ criticism as a “backhanded compliment.”
