{"id":392117,"date":"2025-08-01T08:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T06:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=392117"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T06:32:41","slug":"the-climate-change-cult-is-encountering-more-resistance-these-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=392117","title":{"rendered":"The Climate Change Cult Is Encountering More Resistance These Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Gary Abernathy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was originally published at The Empowerment Alliance<\/a> and is re-published here with permission. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The devastating Texas flooding 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding to the grief was the irresponsible blame game 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the climate cult again demonized fossil fuels, global warming and other predictable villains from the days of yore (or Gore). The group Climate Central could only contain itself until July 8 before rushing out to hold a press briefing<\/a> to 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leftwing climate groups often accuse anyone who disagrees as being a \u201cclimate denier.\u201d But few actually deny that the climate indeed changes, 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, long before human activity could be faulted. But groups like Climate Central identify the manmade practice of burning fossil fuels<\/a> as the modern culprit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any brave soul who dares to challenge the extent to which carbon emissions and greenhouse gases impact climate change is shouted down by the cult and buried under an avalanche of \u201cscholarly\u201d papers produced by \u201cthe overwhelming majority of the scientific community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that the same day that Climate Central was regurgitating its tried-and-true rhetoric, the New York Times reported<\/a> (in what it likely considered an expose), \u201cThe Energy Department has hired at least three scientists who are well-known for their rejection of the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, according to records reviewed by The New York Times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What seemed frightening to the Times and the indoctrinated left comes as welcome relief for millions of other Americans who believe that the war on affordable and reliable energy sources is based more on politics than science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The extent to which fewer Americans are being successfully propagandized is made clear by recent polling. On July 11, CNN data analyst Harry Enten told viewers<\/a> that as early as 1989, 35% of Americans were \u201cgreatly worried\u201d about climate change, a number that jumped to 46% by 2020. But, as Enten admitted with some astonishment, only 40% of Americans currently feel \u201cgreatly worried\u201d about climate change. The reason for growing public skepticism on climate change is probably because most Americans have wised up to how data can be easily manipulated for political ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know from experience it\u2019s not hard to convince \u201cexperts\u201d to sign on to a \u201cconsensus\u201d opinion to add gravitas to the cause de jour. Back in 2020, more than 50 former intelligence officials famously signed<\/a> onto a letter claiming that emails found on Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop had \u201call the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.\u201d That was not true, and it was later discovered that former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell had drafted the letter<\/a> to help Joe Biden\u2019s campaign. Everyone else just signed on, their devotion to a particular election outcome apparently outweighing the lack of evidence backing their claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, individual treatises on climate science aren\u2019t authored by hundreds of scientists. Each one is written by, at most, a handful of researchers who 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast year the annual number of papers retracted by research journals topped 10,000 for the first time. Most analysts believe the figure is only the tip of an iceberg of scientific fraud,\u201d according to a 2024 report in The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, there has always been a segment of the scientific community willing to stand up 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 Steven E. Koonin<\/a>, atmospheric scientist John Christy<\/a>, and meteorologist Roy Spencer<\/a> \u2013 are among the brave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In decades past, a key tenet of science was to question everything, on the theory that raising doubts and concerns was the best path to the truth. As Dr. Koonin wrote in a Wall Street Journal essay<\/a>, \u201cAny serious discussion of the changing climate must begin by acknowledging not only the scientific certainties but also the uncertainties, especially in projecting the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of natural disasters serving as excuses to launch attacks and place blame using the same tired, lockstep rhetoric, here\u2019s hoping for a new age of climate enlightenment, led by scientists, journalists and others with the curiosity \u2013 and courage \u2013 to question everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary Abernathy is a longtime newspaper editor, reporter and columnist. He was a contributing columnist for the Washington Post from 2017-2023 and a frequent guest analyst across numerous media platforms. He is a contributing columnist for <\/em>The Empowerment Alliance<\/em><\/a>, which advocates for realistic approaches to energy consumption and environmental conservation. The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Empowerment Alliance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was originally published by RealClearEnergy and made available via RealClearWire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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