Republicans prepare for effects of global warming by ignoring the scientific evidence - Pittsburg, KS - Morning Sun

Republicans prepare for effects of global warming by ignoring the scientific evidence

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By Pat Cunningham

THIS is what the Republican Party of 2012 has come to:

GOP lawmakers in North Carolina have a new solution to rising sea levels, caused by global warming: scrap the scientific evidence pointing to rising sea levels.

A state-appointed science panel warned officials that sea levels will rise 39 inches over the next century and that North Carolina needs to prepare. Under a GOP plan, officials would be prohibited from relying on the scientific evidence, and would instead have to use a historical model to set expectations. North Carolina would prepare for only 8 inches of sea level increase, since ...

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