posted Nov 17, 2010 11:02 AM by Meredith Herr
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updated Nov 17, 2010 11:06 AM
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In the November 14, 2010 Washington Post
op-ed, "How to stop global
warming - even if you don't believe in it," Meg Bostrom
(co-founder of the Topos Partnership) asserts that we should "stop assuming
that we must first achieve unanimity on global warming science" and
instead focus on "building support for specific solutions that all sides
can agree on." Bostrom outlines three challenges to building support for
strong climate policies; a focus on scientific consensus is confusing to the
public, global warming can't compete with crises that seem more immediate to
Americans, and party identify has been more powerful than scientific fact in
determining one's opinion on the issue. It turns out, however, that even
climate skeptics will support a "carbon-free energy future" because
such approaches "are good for the planet, for human health, for energy
independence and for our economy."
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