Michael Doherty is convinced that global warming is a sham, and the Assemblyman in the good old Garden State is trying to get New Jersey’s landmark Global Warming Response Act repealed. Doherty claims that various new ‘scientific’ reports questioning the concept of global warming back up his stance.
From PolitickerNJ.com:
“There are many credible members of the scientific community who have questioned the theory of global warming, and now we have some scientists actually suggesting the earth’s temperatures may be entering a period of dramatic cooling,” said Doherty, R-Warren and Hunterdon. “With this growing level of scientific uncertainty, it makes no sense to enact a new set of economically damaging regulations prompted by the global warming hysteria of recent years.”
The Global Warming Response Act was signed last year by Corzine, which requires the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050. The law required the state Department of Environmental Protection to release a report detailing how the state would meet the goals, with recommendations now expected to be issued this fall.
It’s not known whether Doherty’s misconceptions about global warming are caused by a defective gene, or the fact that he lives in New Jersey. Seriously though, New Jersey environmentalists should get together and show this guy the state bird. You know, the one on the third finger of their hands. Because, anyone with at least half of a functioning brain knows that there’s no credible bloc of scientists who dispute global warming.
Link [PolitickerNJ.com]
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