You Ought to Have a Look: How to Properly Worry about Climate Change, aka, Lukewarming

You Ought to Have a Look is a regular feature from the Center for the Study of Science.   While this section will feature all of the areas of interest that we are emphasizing, the prominence of the climate issue is driving a tremendous amount of web traffic.  Here we post a few of the best in recent days, along with our color commentary.—In our lastepisode ofYou Ought to Have a Look (which was prominently quoted in aneditorial inNature magazine this week), we looked at reasons why folks who are wishing climate change mitigation should be the driving force behind most federal regulations should be very worried about what the incoming Trump Administration has in store. Most of his announced agency heads, etc., don ’t share their vision (unlike those currently running the Obama Administration).This week we start off with a guide to how folks should worry about climate change in general. Is it really true that, according to President Obama, “No challenge—no challenge—poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change”? The short answer is no. The long answer is provided by Manhattan Institute’s Oren Cass is his recent piece forNational Affairs called “How to Worry about Climate Change”.Oren describes how climate change is different from typical political policy questions:Climate change is a differentkind of problem from health-care reform, gender equality, or almost any traditional subject of political attention and action. Its relevant effects a...
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