Tag: Skepticism

The groups sowing climate doubt are more emboldened than ever before, sociologists and historians said. Their effectiveness in the era of President Trump is a reflection of a deepening polarization in U.S. politics and a normalization of climate skepticism on the right, they said. Democrats and Republicans have never been further apart on climate change, according to public opinion polling released last week by Gallup. They are proclaiming victories, and they keep pushing," Dunlap said. They fought against President Obama's climate policies for eight years. It goes beyond climate. Yet Pruitt has balked at going after the finding (Climatewire, Dec. 8, 2017). Pruitt may suspect that challenging the endangerment finding is a losing battle. The White House has rebuffed those efforts, to Pruitt's chagrin (Climatewire, March 14). "That might be, I think, the more long-lasting and pernicious effect of the Trump administration — is that they push out good people."

The Republican senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday he was glad John Bolton will be Donald Trump’s national security adviser going into talks with North Korea, because of his “very healthy skepticism”. 'Dialogue of the deaf'? Iran deal talks persist as Trump looks poised to kill it Read more Bolton is a Bush-era United Nations ambassador and noted hawk who has advocated military strikes as the best way to stop North Korea developing a nuclear weapon that can reach the US mainland. In February, he wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in which he set out “the legal case for striking North Korea first”. News of Bolton’s appointment was greeted by widespread alarm. A US-North Korean summit is slated for May. Hopes have been raised that Kim Jong-un may discuss measures to reduce the threat of war, possibly in exchange for security guarantees and an easing of sanctions that have severely affected the already struggling North Korean economy. Earlier, on a visit to Beijing, the Democratic Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren said success from talks with Pyongyang would involve getting a commitment to discuss verifiable steps to reduce its nuclear threat. Trump last month fired secretary of state Rex Tillerson – whom he had previously derided for saying talks with North Korea might be possible. Like Bolton, Pompeo is a hawk regarding North Korea.