1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0dGGdn9My9"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/what-s-the-consensus-of-climate-scientists-why-do-we-care/">What’s the consensus of climate scientists? Why do we care?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/what-s-the-consensus-of-climate-scientists-why-do-we-care/embed/#?secret=0dGGdn9My9" width="600" height="338" title="“What’s the consensus of climate scientists? Why do we care?” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="0dGGdn9My9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Here's a briefing about climate change, prepared for Politifact at their request. Unused, of course, since the reporter was just fishing for smears (here's an analysis of what they published). However, it's a useful introduction to this complex subject. What do we know about the consensus of climate scientists, and why does it matter? These are unedited emails, and so roughly written and unproofed. (2nd of 2 posts today.) Initial Inquiry by Linda Qiu of Politifact, and my response I'm a reporter with PolitiFact, the fact-checking website of the Tampa Bay Times. I'm currently looking into something Rick Santorum said: 57% of scientists "don't buy into the idea that CO2 is the knob that's turning the climate." His campaign hasn't gotten back to me on his source but one of your posts also has the figure, but it's not quite what Santorum said. So I was hoping for your take on Santorum's reading on your analysis — how accurate is it?https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_chart-pbl-1a.jpg