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climate | A rise that large over a span of decades would be an unparalleled national catastrophe , driving millions of people from their homes and most likely requiring the abandonment of entire cities . | faulty generalization |
climate | Will they be held legally responsible when floods do occur ? A strict policy could force some people from their homes . Conversely , should public money be spent to do the work , even if it largely benefits private property ? | false dilemma |
climate | “ When you look at the historical record , there ’ s no trend saying the flooding is going down , ” said Dr. Sweet , the NOAA expert . “ The trends are all very clear . They ’ re going up , and they ’ re going up in many of these areas in an accelerating fashion . ” | ad populum |
climate | “ The predictions of what ’ s going to happen over the next 20 , 30 , 40 years — it ’ s real , ” said Mr. Tuckman , the founder of a company offering creative services to the retail industry . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | Moreover , if the rise of the sea accelerates as much as some scientists fear , it is doubtful the cities will be able to keep up . | appeal to emotion |
climate | “ You can play it really badly and let unpleasant things happen earlier , ” he said . “ Or you can push them off by doing some infrastructure repairs and some thoughtful planning . ” | false dilemma |
climate | Ever since December temperatures in the Arctic have consistently been lower than minus 20 C. | intentional |
climate | This means the global temperature trend has now shown no further warming for 19 years . | intentional |
climate | And we are still stuck with that insanely damaging Climate Change Act , which in this election will scarcely get a mention . | appeal to emotion |
climate | Furthermore , whereas in 2008 most of the ice was extremely thin , this year most has been at least two metres thick . | intentional |
climate | Scientists are also expecting a “ huge reduction ” in solar activity for 33 years between 2020 and 2053 that will cause thermometers to crash . | intentional |
climate | This is the `` hottest [ pick a season ] ever '' ; the ice caps are at a record low ; we 'll all be dead in 10 years . | intentional |
climate | This is the `` hottest [ pick a season ] ever '' ; the ice caps are at a record low ; we 'll all be dead in 10 years . | appeal to emotion |
climate | Ever since December temperatures in the Arctic have consistently been lower than minus 20 C. | intentional |
climate | Furthermore , whereas in 2008 most of the ice was extremely thin , this year most has been at least two metres thick . | intentional |
climate | This means the global temperature trend has now shown no further warming for 19 years . | intentional |
climate | He said : “ Cooling from 2019 into about 2020 to 2021 will bring world temperatures back to where they were in the 1940s through the 1960s . | intentional |
climate | We are bombarded with `` facts '' every day : This is the `` hottest [ pick a season ] ever '' ; the ice caps are at a record low ; we 'll all be dead in 10 years . For former president Barack Obama , the ever-changing and often contradictory `` facts '' about global warming ( which liberals now call climate change because the globe stopped warming ) was simply `` settled science . '' But now it turns out the Arctic sea ice is thicker than ever and , oh yeah , the global temperature trend has not warmed for 19 years . | intentional |
climate | But now it turns out the Arctic sea ice is thicker than ever and , oh yeah , the global temperature trend has not warmed for 19 years . | faulty generalization |
climate | Ever since December temperatures in the Arctic have consistently been lower than minus 20 C. | intentional |
climate | The liberal media might take issue with a U.S. think tank funding a study that says global warming does n't exist -- or at least has n't for 19 years -- but they 'll accept the findings from little ol ' Denmark , wo n't they ? | fallacy of credibility |
climate | As for those record temperatures brought in 2016 by an exceptionally strong El Niño , the satellites now show that in recent months global temperatures have plummeted by more that 0.6 degrees : just as happened 17 years ago after a similarly strong El Niño had also made 1998 the “ hottest year on record ” . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | As for those record temperatures brought in 2016 by an exceptionally strong El Niño , the satellites now show that in recent months global temperatures have plummeted by more that 0.6 degrees : just as happened 17 years ago after a similarly strong El Niño had also made 1998 the “ hottest year on record ” . | intentional |
climate | “ The last global warming cycle ended in 1790 and the year 2020 is 230 following this – thus I have been talking about rapid cooling beginning in 2019 . ” | fallacy of credibility |
climate | But now it turns out the Arctic sea ice is thicker than ever and , oh yeah , the global temperature trend has not warmed for 19 years . | fallacy of logic |
climate | But now it turns out the Arctic sea ice is thicker than ever and , oh yeah , the global temperature trend has not warmed for 19 years . | fallacy of extension |
climate | President Trump has claimed that scientists stopped referring to global warming and started calling it climate change because “ the weather has been so cold ” in winter . | fallacy of relevance |
climate | President Trump has claimed that scientists stopped referring to global warming and started calling it climate change because “ the weather has been so cold ” in winter . | intentional |
climate | The climate denialists ’ arguments have become so strained that even oil and coal companies have distanced themselves publicly , though some still help to finance the campaigns of politicians who espouse such views . | ad hominem |
climate | The climate denialists ’ arguments have become so strained that even oil and coal companies have distanced themselves publicly , though some still help to finance the campaigns of politicians who espouse such views . | ad hominem |
climate | The climate denialists ’ arguments have become so strained that even oil and coal companies have distanced themselves publicly , though some still help to finance the campaigns of politicians who espouse such views . | intentional |
climate | Instead of negotiating over climate change policies and trying to make them more market-oriented , some political conservatives have taken the approach of blocking them by trying to undermine the science . | circular reasoning |
climate | Big trouble . | appeal to emotion |
climate | Tens of thousands of people are already dying in heat waves made worse by global warming . | fallacy of logic |
climate | Longer term , if emissions rise unchecked , scientists fear climate effects so severe that they might destabilize governments , produce waves of refugees , precipitate the sixth mass extinction of plants and animals in the Earth ’ s history , and melt the polar ice caps , causing the seas to rise high enough to flood most of the world ’ s coastal cities . The emissions that create those risks are happening now , raising deep moral questions for our generation . | faulty generalization |
climate | Longer term , if emissions rise unchecked , scientists fear climate effects so severe that they might destabilize governments , produce waves of refugees , precipitate the sixth mass extinction of plants and animals in the Earth ’ s history , and melt the polar ice caps , causing the seas to rise high enough to flood most of the world ’ s coastal cities . | appeal to emotion |
climate | As the river dries , crews from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service spring into action , working to rescue the Rio Grande silvery minnow , a federally protected endangered species that used to thrive along the full length of the river but now is found only in the upper reaches . | appeal to emotion |
climate | Thirty years later , they are still ignoring it , ” said Zybach , who spent more than 20 years as a reforestation contractor . | ad hominem |
climate | Shortly before leaving office , Clinton introduced the Roadless Rule that restricted the use of existing roads and construction of new roads on 49 million acres of National Forest , making it difficult for officials to scan the land for the kind of kindling that fuels massive conflagrations . | intentional |
climate | The former president ’ s decision created a ticking time bomb , Zybach argues .
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climate | Years of keeping these areas in their natural state result in dead trees and dried organic material settling on the forest floor , turning such material into matchsticks soaked in jet fuel during dry seasons , he said . | appeal to emotion |
climate | That ’ s an 80 % decline .
“ They ’ ve gone and left hundreds of thousands of acres of burnt timber , a fire bomb waiting to happen , standing in place because the black back woodpecker prefers that habitat , ” Zybach said . “ | false dilemma |
climate | The Clinton administration ’ s plan to turn forests in the West into pristine land free of human interference risked fueling “ wildfires reminiscent of the Tillamook burn , the 1910 fires and the Yellowstone fire , ” Zybach , who is based in Oregon , told Evergreen magazine in 1994 , when the NWFP came into effect . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | Former President Bill Clinton made a significant change to federal land management nearly 30 years ago that created the conditions necessary for massive wildfires to consume portions of the West Coast , according to one fire expert who predicted the problem years ago . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | The former president ’ s decision created a ticking time bomb , Zybach argues .
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climate | Shortly before leaving office in 2001 , Clinton limited the ability of the United States Forest Service to thin out a dense thicket of foliage and downed trees on federal land to bring the West into a pristine state , Bob Zybach , an experienced forester with a PhD in environmental science , told the Daily Caller News Foundation . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | Years of keeping these areas in their natural state result in dead trees and dried organic material settling on the forest floor , turning such material into matchsticks soaked in jet fuel during dry seasons , he said . | fallacy of logic |
climate | Years of keeping these areas in their natural state result in dead trees and dried organic material settling on the forest floor , turning such material into matchsticks soaked in jet fuel during dry seasons , he said . | faulty generalization |
climate | Fires have killed 26 people in West Coast states since August , including 19 people in California , and have culminated in more than half-a-million people evacuating Oregon , a number representing roughly 10 % of the state ’ s overall population . | appeal to emotion |
climate | Roughly 100 massive fires are blazing Saturday in the West , including 12 in Idaho and nine in Montana , the National Interagency Fire Center said Saturday . All told , the wildfires have churned through more than 4.5 million acres in 12 states . ( RELATED : Wildfires , Blackouts And High Gas Prices : Californians Fight Familiar Foes Amid Pandemic ) | ad populum |
climate | That ’ s an 80 % decline .
“ They ’ ve gone and left hundreds of thousands of acres of burnt timber , a fire bomb waiting to happen , standing in place because the black back woodpecker prefers that habitat , ” Zybach said . “ | intentional |
climate | It ’ s great for lawyers , but it ’ s bad for people who breathe air or work in the woods . ”
“ The prescribed burns are an ancient form of management for keeping the fuels down so these events don ’ t happen , ” Zybach added , referring to Native American Indians who used controlled burns to ward away pests and prevent wildfires from licking their homes . The Clinton administration ’ s plan to turn forests in the West into pristine land free of human interference risked fueling “ wildfires reminiscent of the Tillamook burn , the 1910 fires and the Yellowstone fire , ” Zybach , who is based in Oregon , told Evergreen magazine in 1994 , when the NWFP came into effect . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | The Clinton administration ’ s plan to turn forests in the West into pristine land free of human interference risked fueling “ wildfires reminiscent of the Tillamook burn , the 1910 fires and the Yellowstone fire , ” Zybach , who is based in Oregon , told Evergreen magazine in 1994 , when the NWFP came into effect . Western Oregon had one major fire above 10,000 acres between 1952 and 1987 , reports show . The Silver Complex Fire of 1987 snapped that streak after torching more than 100,000 acres in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness area , killing rare plants and trees the federal government sought to protect from human activities . | appeal to emotion |
climate | The solution is “ to get good fire on the ground and whittle down some of that fuel load , ” he told ProPublica in August .
“ It ’ s just … well … it ’ s horrible . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | I suffer from Cassandra syndrome , ” Ingalsbee said , referring to the Cassandra Syndrome , a Greek metaphor people use when they believe their valid warnings are not heeded .
“ Every year I warn people : Disaster ’ s coming . We got to change . And no one listens . And then it happens . ” | false causality |
climate | The solution might be easier said than done . Nearly 20 million acres in California , or an area about the size of Maine , will need to experience controlled burns to limit catastrophic wildfires , a January study from Nature Sustainability found . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | Other researchers share his skepticism . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | Zybach is not convinced . “ The lack of active land management is almost 100 percent the cause , ” he told the DCNF , noting that climate change has almost nothing to do with fire kindling gathering across the forest floors . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | Mass ’ s critique came as Mendocino Complex Fire was spreading across California on its way to becoming the largest wildfire in the state , engulfing more than 283,000 acres . | appeal to emotion |
climate | The solution is “ to get good fire on the ground and whittle down some of that fuel load , ” he told ProPublica in August .
“ It ’ s just … well … it ’ s horrible . Horrible to see this happening when the science is so clear and has been clear for years . I suffer from Cassandra syndrome , ” Ingalsbee said , referring to the Cassandra Syndrome , a Greek metaphor people use when they believe their valid warnings are not heeded .
“ Every year I warn people : Disaster ’ s coming . | intentional |
climate | The latest Democratic Party platform compares the fight against global warming to World War II . | intentional |
climate | Until civility returns , our side can ask whether the critics are acting like the Gestapo of global warming . | ad hominem |
climate | There is some levity in all this charade . | intentional |
climate | And the great middle can be excused for realizing that obsessing about climate change is avoiding a frank discussion about the here-and-now problems of budget deficits , the federal debt , school choice , entitlement reform , and so on . | false dilemma |
climate | Sensitivity estimates—defined as the temperature effect from the enhanced greenhouse effect—have been coming down in the peer-reviewed literature , even to the point when climate economists see a positive externality , not a negative one , from the human influence on climate . ( In technical lingo , the so-called social cost of carbon would be negative . ) | intentional |
climate | And the great middle can be excused for realizing that obsessing about climate change is avoiding a frank discussion about the here-and-now problems of budget deficits , the federal debt , school choice , entitlement reform , and so on . | false dilemma |
climate | But fifty days and years later , and the earth still spins . | intentional |
climate | Green activists are at war with the greatest American foe since the Axis Powers—or so they say . | ad hominem |
climate | Using terms such as `` battlefield , '' `` siege , '' and `` front , '' those opposed this `` war effort '' have been labeled anything from Nazis to Holocaust deniers . ( I personally have been called a sociopath by climate activist Joe Romm of the Center for American Progress , another story . ) | ad hominem |
climate | Equating the Third Reich with the free society ’ s fossil-fuel reliance , and charging Republicans with climate destruction , is from the theater of the absurd . | intentional |
climate | Using terms such as `` battlefield , '' `` siege , '' and `` front , '' those opposed this `` war effort '' have been labeled anything from Nazis to Holocaust deniers . ( I personally have been called a sociopath by climate activist Joe Romm of the Center for American Progress , another story . ) | fallacy of relevance |
climate | Using terms such as `` battlefield , '' `` siege , '' and `` front , '' those opposed this `` war effort '' have been labeled anything from Nazis to Holocaust deniers . ( I personally have been called a sociopath by climate activist Joe Romm of the Center for American Progress , another story . ) | ad hominem |
climate | Using terms such as `` battlefield , '' `` siege , '' and `` front , '' those opposed this `` war effort '' have been labeled anything from Nazis to Holocaust deniers . ( I personally have been called a sociopath by climate activist Joe Romm of the Center for American Progress , another story . ) | intentional |
climate | Don ’ t “ vote for climate catastrophe ” warned a Washington Post editorialist . “ | intentional |
climate | Americans care greatly about the future ; to say otherwise is to deny their very humanity . | false dilemma |
climate | Equating the Third Reich with the free society ’ s fossil-fuel reliance , and charging Republicans with climate destruction , is from the theater of the absurd . | ad hominem |
climate | Equating the Third Reich with the free society ’ s fossil-fuel reliance , and charging Republicans with climate destruction , is from the theater of the absurd . | fallacy of extension |
climate | And the great middle can be excused for realizing that obsessing about climate change is avoiding a frank discussion about the here-and-now problems of budget deficits , the federal debt , school choice , entitlement reform , and so on . | fallacy of logic |
climate | Perhaps there is good news in the ugliness of desperate activists who are trying to get their issue out front . | ad hominem |
climate | Not only do polls suggest the public is unmoved at home and in abroad , serial exaggeration at this point is arguably backfiring , confirming the perils of climate exaggeration . | ad populum |
climate | Yet their dismal track record seems to lead to only more drama and hyperbole , not humility and open-mindedness . | ad hominem |
climate | Back in 2006 , Al Gore prophesied that unless the world dramatically reduced greenhouse gasses , we would hit a `` point of no return . '' And in his book review of Gore ’ s book and movie from that year , An Inconvenient Truth , scientist James Hansen unequivocally stated : “ We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action , but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions . ” Time is up on Gore ’ s “ point of no return ” and Hansen ’ s “ critical tipping point. ” | intentional |
climate | Time is up on Gore ’ s “ point of no return ” and Hansen ’ s “ critical tipping point. ” | fallacy of logic |
climate | Rajendra Pachauri , while head of a United Nations climate panel , pleaded that without drastic action before 2012 , it would be too late to save the planet . Back in the late 1980s , the UN claimed that if global warming were not checked by 2000 , rising sea levels would wash entire counties away . Four years ago , Peter Wadhams , professor of ocean physics at the University of Cambridge , predicted “ global disaster ” from the demise of Arctic sea ice—in four years . He too , is eating crow . There is some levity in all this charade . In 2009 , then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown predicted that the world had only 50 days to save the planet from global warming . But fifty days and years later , and the earth still spins . | intentional |
climate | He too , is eating crow . | ad hominem |
climate | Physical science has turned into profit-maximizing political science . | ad hominem |
climate | Can climate research get back on track ? Can the “ uncertainty monster ” in climate research , and particularly climate modeling , be acknowledged ? Can such study overcome the Malthusian bias ( change is bad ; mankind is at fault ) to achieve impartiality ? Can the federal role in climate research be scaled back to improve incentives and quality ? | intentional |
climate | Sensitivity estimates—defined as the temperature effect from the enhanced greenhouse effect—have been coming down in the peer-reviewed literature , even to the point when climate economists see a positive externality , not a negative one , from the human influence on climate . ( In technical lingo , the so-called social cost of carbon would be negative . ) | faulty generalization |
climate | “ Fossil fuels don ’ t take a clean environment and make it dirty , ” noted Alex Epstein , `` they take a dirty environment and make it clean. ” Fossil fuels , he adds , “ don ’ t take a safe climate and make it dangerous , they take a dangerous climate and make it safe . ” | circular reasoning |
climate | The new research shows that without meat and dairy consumption , global farmland use could be reduced by more than 75 % – an area equivalent to the US , China , European Union and Australia combined – and still feed the world . | intentional |
climate | Avoiding meat and dairy products is the single biggest way to reduce your environmental impact on the planet , according to the scientists behind the most comprehensive analysis to date of the damage farming does to the planet . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | The solution requires political courage . | appeal to emotion |
climate | Global human emissions are only 3 per cent of total annual emissions . It has never been shown that human emissions of carbon dioxide drive global warming . | faulty generalization |
climate | Global human emissions are only 3 per cent of total annual emissions . It has never been shown that human emissions of carbon dioxide drive global warming . | fallacy of logic |
climate | If it were shown , it would also have to be shown that the 97 per cent of emissions from natural processes such as ocean degassing , volcanoes , natural chemical reactions and exhalation don ’ t drive global warming . | fallacy of logic |
climate | In the geological past , Earth ’ s atmosphere had hundreds of times the CO2 content of the modern atmosphere yet there were no carbon dioxide-driven catastrophes . | fallacy of credibility |
climate | Without correlation , there can be no causation . | fallacy of logic |
climate | You couldn ’ t make it up if you tried . | intentional |
climate | In the geological past , Earth ’ s atmosphere had hundreds of times the CO2 content of the modern atmosphere yet there were no carbon dioxide-driven catastrophes . | equivocation |
climate | Ice core drilling shows that 800 years after natural warming , the atmosphere increases in carbon dioxide . The zenith of the Little Ice Age was 300 years ago and since then we have slightly warmed and cooled during a long-term warming trend . Instrumental temperature measurements over the past 150 years show no correlation between human emissions of CO2 and temperature . On all timescales it can be shown that there is no correlation between CO2 emissions and global warming . | intentional |
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