{"id":390874,"date":"2025-07-26T19:38:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=390874"},"modified":"2025-07-26T19:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:39:11","slug":"tide-running-out-on-climatism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=390874","title":{"rendered":"Tide Running Out on\u00a0Climatism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"390897\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390897\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AQPFu6S7hSe12c-npKqFo4UpJp75o6RGkVuruskY5oiVkqdJh9uk2LmBOBVxHjz9IylmiQUoJpOxjbuQ1iI3FOGvI0jMm8N-HTvMDyd38E8nRrKpYWpLCpGJ2jWl4LBSryo3jcm0jKrflFJUZNT4A_wVjtyE4Q.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AQPFu6S7hSe12c-npKqFo4UpJp75o6RGkVuruskY5oiVkqdJh9uk2LmBOBVxHjz9IylmiQUoJpOxjbuQ1iI3FOGvI0jMm8N-HTvMDyd38E8nRrKpYWpLCpGJ2jWl4LBSryo3jcm0jKrflFJUZNT4A_wVjtyE4Q.jpeg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AQPFu6S7hSe12c-npKqFo4UpJp75o6RGkVuruskY5oiVkqdJh9uk2LmBOBVxHjz9IylmiQUoJpOxjbuQ1iI3FOGvI0jMm8N-HTvMDyd38E8nRrKpYWpLCpGJ2jWl4LBSryo3jcm0jKrflFJUZNT4A_wVjtyE4Q.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2025\/07\/24\/tide-running-out-on-climatism\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"340\" data-attachment-id=\"390876\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390876\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-676.png?fit=593%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"593,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-676.png?fit=593%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-676.png?resize=593%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A stranded boat labeled 'Climate Crisis Inc.' sitting on a sandy shore, with a man in sunglasses and a beard in the foreground.\" class=\"wp-image-390876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-676.png?w=593&amp;ssl=1 593w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-676.png?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gary Abernathy explains how momentum is shifting away from climatists in his Empowering America article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/empoweringamerica.org\/the-climate-change-cult-is-encountering-more-resistance-these-days\/\"><strong>The climate change cult is encountering more resistance these days.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp; Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The&nbsp;<strong>devastating Texas flooding<\/strong>&nbsp;over the July 4 weekend was a natural disaster of immense proportions. The lives lost brought unthinkable heartache for families. Especially difficult to fathom is that so many victims were young children.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Adding to the grief was the irresponsible blame game<\/strong>&nbsp;that almost immediately arose in the wake of the tragedy. Many on the left couldn\u2019t wait to point fingers at Republicans, from President Donald Trump to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" data-attachment-id=\"390879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390879\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-678.png?fit=600%2C429&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,429\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-678.png?fit=600%2C429&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-678.png?resize=600%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A political cartoon depicting a reporter in a boat interviewing a distressed mother holding two young children amid floodwaters, with a sign saying 'STOP' in the background and the phrase 'What do you think of Trump shamelessly exploiting this tragedy to advance his agenda?'\" class=\"wp-image-390879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-678.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-678.png?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Of course, the climate cult again\u00a0<strong>demonized fossil fuels, global warming and other predictable villains<\/strong>\u00a0from the days of yore (or Gore). The group Climate Central could only contain itself until July 8 before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/climate-shift-index-alert\/texas-us-floods\">rushing out to hold a press briefing<\/a>\u00a0to reiterate its dogma that \u201cclimate change drives more extreme weather,\u201d and that the Texas storms were \u201cmade more likely and powerful in a warmer climate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"511\" data-attachment-id=\"390880\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390880\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-679.png?fit=1754%2C1240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1754,1240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-679.png?fit=723%2C511&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-679.png?resize=723%2C511&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Infographic illustrating Eastern European alpine glacier history during the Holocene period, showing tree line elevations, glacier extent, and summer temperatures over thousands of years.\" class=\"wp-image-390880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-679.png?resize=1024%2C724&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-679.png?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-679.png?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-679.png?resize=1536%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-679.png?resize=1200%2C848&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-679.png?w=1754&amp;ssl=1 1754w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-679.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Leftwing climate groups often accuse anyone who disagrees as being a \u201cclimate denier.\u201d But\u00a0<strong>few<\/strong>\u00a0actually\u00a0<strong>deny that the climate indeed changes<\/strong>, often dramatically. The archeological record makes clear that the earth has warmed, cooled, experienced flooding and undergone a number of other climate-related upheavals through the centuries<strong>, long before human activity could be faulted.<\/strong>\u00a0But groups like Climate Central identify the manmade practice of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/special-topic-solutions-to-reach-net-zero\">burning fossil fuels<\/a>\u00a0as the modern culprit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"634\" data-attachment-id=\"390883\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390883\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-681.png?fit=640%2C634&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,634\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-681.png?fit=640%2C634&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-681.png?resize=640%2C634&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An illustration showing a person in a suit manipulating strings attached to a television, which displays a group of masked individuals on a panel. The text above reads 'OF COURSE ALL SCIENTISTS AGREE' and below it states 'WHEN YOU CENSOR THE ONES WHO DON'T.'\" class=\"wp-image-390883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-681.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-681.png?resize=300%2C297&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-681.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-681.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Any brave soul who dares to challenge<\/strong>&nbsp;the extent to which carbon emissions and greenhouse gases impact climate change&nbsp;<strong>is shouted down<\/strong>&nbsp;by the cult and buried under an avalanche of \u201cscholarly\u201d papers produced by \u201cthe overwhelming majority of the scientific community.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The<strong>&nbsp;good news<\/strong>&nbsp;is that<strong>&nbsp;the same day<\/strong>&nbsp;that Climate Central was regurgitating its tried-and-true rhetoric,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/08\/climate\/trump-climate-energy-department.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\">the New York Times reported<\/a>&nbsp;(in what it likely considered an expose), \u201cThe<strong>&nbsp;Energy Department has hired<\/strong>&nbsp;at least three&nbsp;<strong>scientists<\/strong>&nbsp;who are&nbsp;<strong>well-known for their rejection of the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change<\/strong>, according to records reviewed by The New York Times.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"799\" data-attachment-id=\"390885\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390885\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-682.png?fit=840%2C928&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"840,928\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-682.png?fit=723%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-682.png?resize=723%2C799&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bar chart depicting the expectations of Americans regarding climate change sacrifices in their lifetimes, detailing the percentages of major and minor sacrifices expected across different age groups and political affiliations.\" class=\"wp-image-390885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-682.png?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-682.png?resize=272%2C300&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-682.png?resize=768%2C848&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What seemed frightening to the Times and the indoctrinated left comes as\u00a0<strong>welcome relief for millions of other Americans<\/strong>\u00a0who believe that the war on affordable and reliable energy sources is based more on politics than science.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"390886\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390886\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An image featuring a quote on climate change statistics, showing interviewees engaging in conversation.\" class=\"wp-image-390886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-683.png?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The extent to which<strong>\u00a0fewer Americans are being successfully propagandized<\/strong>\u00a0is made clear by recent polling. On July 11,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-polling-guru-surprised-majority-americans-arent-afraid-climate-change\">CNN data analyst Harry Enten told viewers<\/a>\u00a0that as early as 1989, 35 percent of Americans were \u201cgreatly worried\u201d about climate change, a number that jumped to 46 percent by 2020. But, as Enten admitted with some astonishment, only 40 percent of Americans currently feel \u201cgreatly worried\u201d about climate change. The reason for<strong>\u00a0growing public skepticism on climate change<\/strong>\u00a0is probably because most Americans have\u00a0<strong>wised up to how data can be easily manipulated<\/strong>\u00a0for political ends.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"592\" data-attachment-id=\"390888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390888\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-684.png?fit=840%2C688&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"840,688\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-684.png?fit=723%2C592&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-684.png?resize=723%2C592&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A chart showing public opinion on climate policies, indicating the perceived impact on the U.S. economy among U.S. adults, Republicans, and Democrats.\" class=\"wp-image-390888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-684.png?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-684.png?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-684.png?resize=768%2C629&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We know from experience it\u2019s\u00a0<strong>not hard to convince \u201cexperts\u201d to sign on to a \u201cconsensus\u201d opinion<\/strong>\u00a0to add gravitas to the cause de jour. Back in 2020, more than<strong>\u00a050 former intelligence officials<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/10\/19\/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276\">famously signed<\/a>\u00a0onto a letter\u00a0<strong>claiming<\/strong>\u00a0that emails found on Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop had\u00a0<strong>\u201call the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0That was not true, and it was later discovered that former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/04\/intel-officials-that-signed-hunter-biden-laptop-disinfo-letter-will-talk-to-house-panel\/\">drafted the letter<\/a>\u00a0to help Joe Biden\u2019s campaign. Everyone else just signed on, their\u00a0<strong>devotion to a particular election outcome<\/strong>\u00a0apparently\u00a0<strong>outweighing the lack of evidence<\/strong>\u00a0backing their claim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" data-attachment-id=\"390890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390890\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-686.png?fit=462%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"462,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-686.png?fit=462%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-686.png?resize=462%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A political cartoon depicting a researcher feeling overwhelmed by media attention while working on climate research, with a caption referencing global warming.\" class=\"wp-image-390890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-686.png?w=462&amp;ssl=1 462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-686.png?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Similarly, individual\u00a0<strong>treatises on climate science<\/strong>\u00a0aren\u2019t authored by hundreds of scientists. Each one is written by, at most, a\u00a0<strong>handful of researchers<\/strong>\u00a0who then circulate their work and ask others to sign on \u2013 giving activists the fodder they need to claim that \u201cthe overwhelming majority\u201d of the scientific community is in agreement. In fact, scientific papers being published as authoritative when, in fact, they are not is a growing problem.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"406\" data-attachment-id=\"390892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390892\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-687.png?fit=800%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-687.png?fit=723%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-687.png?resize=723%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Falling papers in a dimly lit office space, with stacks of documents on desks and computers in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-390892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-687.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-687.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-687.png?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cLast year the annual&nbsp;<strong>number of papers retracted<\/strong>&nbsp;by research journals topped 10,000 for the first time. Most analysts believe the figure is only the tip of an iceberg of&nbsp;scientific fraud,\u201d according to a 2024 report&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2024\/feb\/03\/the-situation-has-become-appalling-fake-scientific-papers-push-research-credibility-to-crisis-point\">in The Guardian<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fortunately, there has always been a&nbsp;<strong>segment of the scientific community willing to stand up<\/strong>&nbsp;to the mob and interpret climate data independently. The three scientists hired by the Energy Department and targeted by the Times for expressing skepticism on manmade climate change \u2013 physicist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unsettled-Climate-Science-Doesnt-Matters\/dp\/1950665798\">Steven E. Koonin<\/a>, atmospheric scientist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wbhm.org\/2023\/alabamas-john-christy-may-be-the-countrys-best-known-and-most-criticized-climate-change-skeptic\/\">John Christy<\/a>, and meteorologist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drroyspencer.com\/about\/\">Roy Spencer<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 are among the brave.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"325\" data-attachment-id=\"390893\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390893\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-688.png?fit=1551%2C696&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1551,696\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-688.png?fit=723%2C325&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-688.png?resize=723%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A quote by Steven Koonin discussing the moral implications of climate change perceptions, overlayed on an abstract green background with geometric shapes.\" class=\"wp-image-390893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-688.png?resize=1024%2C460&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-688.png?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-688.png?resize=768%2C345&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-688.png?resize=1536%2C689&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-688.png?resize=1200%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-688.png?w=1551&amp;ssl=1 1551w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-688.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In decades past,<strong>&nbsp;a key tenet of science was to question everything,<\/strong>&nbsp;on the theory that raising doubts and concerns was the best path to the truth. As Dr. Koonin wrote&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofscience.org\/assets\/documents\/Climate%20Science%20Is%20Not%20Settled.pdf\">in a Wall Street Journal essay<\/a>, \u201cAny serious discussion of the changing climate must begin by acknowledging<strong>&nbsp;not only the scientific certainties but also the uncertainties, especially in projecting the future.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Instead of natural disasters serving as excuses to launch attacks and place blame using the same tired, lockstep rhetoric, here\u2019s<strong>&nbsp;hoping for a new age of climate enlightenment<\/strong>, led by scientists, journalists and others with the curiosity \u2013 and courage \u2013 to question everything.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"390895\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390895\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-689.png?fit=1600%2C1067&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-689.png?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-689.png?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A high-speed image of a tunnel with a bright light at the end, illustrating motion and perspective.\" class=\"wp-image-390895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-689.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-689.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-689.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-689.png?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-689.png?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-689.png?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-689.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>That\u2019s light at the end of the tunnel, hopefully not an oncoming train.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0devastating Texas flooding\u00a0over the July 4 weekend was a natural disaster of immense proportions. The lives lost brought unthinkable heartache for families. Especially difficult to fathom is that so many victims were young children.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the grief was the irresponsible blame game\u00a0that almost immediately arose in the wake of the tragedy. Many on the left couldn\u2019t wait to point fingers at Republicans, from President Donald Trump to Texas Gov. 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