Chris Stewart (R-UT) says most Democrats recognize climate science is uncertain
[div style="float: left; padding-right: 12px;"]"Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) has doubled down on his climate change denial in response to pressure from constituents and the local media. In a Salt Lake Tribune op-ed this Saturday, the newly appointed chair of a key climate science committee delivered a litany of climate denial tropes, concluding with the political fact that the majority of Democrats are climate deniers like himself:
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Finally, lets consider this political fact. In 2009, despite having control of the entire elected government, President Obama and the Democrats in Washington chose not to pass climate change legislation. And why not? Because even the majority of Democrats recognize that the science regarding climate change is uncertain, the suggested remedies would likely not work, and would be devastating to working families.
Stewarts political fact is not only irrelevant to the scientific fact of human-caused global warming, it is also simply false.
A Gallup poll released last week found that 78 percent of Democrats accept the overwhelming scientific understanding that human activities are the cause of climate change."
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/04/16/1870751/rep-chris-stewart-whopper-majority-of-democrats-recognize-that-the-science-regarding-climate-change-is-uncertain/