But during the 1980s, many prominent Republicans joined Democrats in judging the climate problem to be a rare political winner: nonpartisan and of the highest possible stakes. They were surprised to learn how few senior officials were familiar with the Jasons’ findings, let alone understood the ramifications of global warming. And all because of a single report that had done nothing to change the state of climate science but transformed the state of climate politics. Yes, the climate would change, mostly for the worst, but future generations would be better equipped to change with it. A few months after the publication of “Changing Climate,” Pomerance announced his resignation from Friends of the Earth.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2018 04:47 UTC