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Obama Tweets Study Of 97% Scientific Consensus On Manmade Warming, [WaPo] Confused On What That Mean
Obama Tweets Study Of 97% Scientific Consensus On Manmade Warming, WashPost Confused On What That Means
By Joe Romm
The story seems simple enough.
First, on Wednesday a study came out that found 97% consensus on human-caused global warming in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. It was by our friends at Skeptical Science, John Cook and Dana Nuccitelli.
Then on Thursday, President Obama tweeted the study to his 31,000,000 (!) followers:
So how does the ever-shrinking Washington Post report the story? With the headline, “Obama tweet gets Australian researcher 31.5 million followers on Twitter.” #FAIL
And just to be clear that the WashPost is in fact as confused and innumerate as their headline suggests, the story asserts:
The Herald didn’t, however, make such a transparently silly claim. Their headline read, “Obama gives Aussie researcher 31,541,507 reasons to celebrate.”
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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/05/18/2027671/obama-tweets-study-of-97-scientific-consensus-on-manmade-warming-washpost-confused-on-what-that-means/
By Joe Romm
The story seems simple enough.
First, on Wednesday a study came out that found 97% consensus on human-caused global warming in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. It was by our friends at Skeptical Science, John Cook and Dana Nuccitelli.
Then on Thursday, President Obama tweeted the study to his 31,000,000 (!) followers:
So how does the ever-shrinking Washington Post report the story? With the headline, “Obama tweet gets Australian researcher 31.5 million followers on Twitter.” #FAIL
And just to be clear that the WashPost is in fact as confused and innumerate as their headline suggests, the story asserts:
That tweet, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, led 31,541,507 people to decide to follow Australian climate change researcher John Cook on Twitter.
The Herald didn’t, however, make such a transparently silly claim. Their headline read, “Obama gives Aussie researcher 31,541,507 reasons to celebrate.”
- more -
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/05/18/2027671/obama-tweets-study-of-97-scientific-consensus-on-manmade-warming-washpost-confused-on-what-that-means/
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If that isn't hesitation of some sort, I don't know what is.
Yes, Obama has indeed utilized the "bridge" solution with his "all of the above" policy. But that's just what he intended; merely a bridge to better things, because, frankly, it might have been the only real way to get things done, given our situation. Renewable energy, including solar & wind power, and alt-fuels, even like biochar & hemp for Otto-cycle vehicles, are indeed coming, and sooner than many thought just 5 years ago, myself included. 
