But Posert said he doesn’t understand giving a platform to a columnist he sees as intentionally casting doubt on climate science. “Instead, they found someone whose point is to destabilize the current science on climate change,” she said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe bottom line: Few readers question the notion of having a conservative on the Op-Ed pages, with some caveats. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThat’s the readers’ side. I stand among the readers who worry that Stephens is minimizing the serious risk of climate change by referring to the “modest” warming of the earth and likening polling data to sophisticated climate models.

Source: New York Times May 03, 2017 09:00 UTC