The science and politics (and doubt) around climate change

I very much enjoyed Ved Nanda’s climate-change column. The proposal by Republican leaders for a gradually increasing carbon tax is definitely a step in the right direction, but it may be difficult to pass such a law because of the president’s unyielding opposition to the reality of climate change.

There is also a Climate Solutions Caucus in the House of Representatives with 62 members, an equal number of Republicans and Democrats. Anyone interested in nudging Congress to act on climate change should urge their representative to join this caucus, especially if their representative is a Republican. The caucus is committed to keeping the same number of Democrats and Republicans in the caucus and is growing in strength. Susan Permut, Monument

Ved Nanda writes that “scientific evidence and grim realities continue to belie the assertions of climate change deniers.” Apparently he wouldn’t know reality if it was a two-by-four hitting him on the side of his head.

Thirteen recent studies suggest we are in for global cooling for the next couple of decades. Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Indian scientists have all predicted this, too, because global warming stopped in 1998. Nanda should do two things: first, Google “global warming hoax” and he can read forever; and second, go back to his law classes and practice his profession instead of claiming to be a climate scientist. Terry W. Donze, Wheat Ridge