{"id":61745,"date":"2013-08-22T15:20:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T14:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/as-climate-theories-implode-obama-co-launch-witch-hunt\/61745\/"},"modified":"2013-08-22T15:20:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T14:20:44","slug":"as-climate-theories-implode-obama-co-launch-witch-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/as-climate-theories-implode-obama-co-launch-witch-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"As Climate Theories Implode, Obama & Co. Launch Witch Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

As global-warming theories continue to implode<\/a> in the face of growing evidence that Earth might even be entering a cooling phase, the Obama administration appears to be doubling down on the alarmism. Vowing to \u201cact on climate change\u201d without Congress if necessary, the administration is also launching a full-blown witch hunt aimed at crushing so-called \u201cclimate deniers\u201d \u2013 scientists and other skeptics, including lawmakers, who question largely debunked United Nations claims about humanity\u2019s alleged impact on global warming. <\/p>\n

From seeking to purge government employees who question the supposed \u201cscience\u201d to viciously targeting lawmakers who express skepticism about UN climate dogma with extreme labels like \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201cradical,\u201d the attacks are becoming increasingly fanatical and desperate. Obama\u2019s political organizing machine, now known as \u201cOrganizing for Action,\u201d meanwhile, is trying in vain to rally its foot soldiers to the cause. <\/p>\n

In a childish video<\/a> about Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), for example, OFA branded the conservative-leaning senator a \u201cdangerous\u201d \u201cradical\u201d \u201cclimate denier\u201d for standing with thousands of respected scientists<\/a> in expressing doubts about the \u201cscience\u201d behind global-warming hysteria. All across the country, coalitions of extremist pseudo-environmentalist groups have been handing out<\/a> \u201cclimate denier awards\u201d to lawmakers who refuse to bow down to the establishment\u2019s pressure on global warming.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Within the executive branch, meanwhile, top administration officials are loudly denouncing the climate heretics while working to rout them out. Various media outlets, for instance, highlighted an August 1 agency-wide address to employees by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell that analysts said was aimed at silencing any debate on global-warming theories within the department. \u201cI hope there are no climate-change deniers in the Department of Interior,\u201d she said<\/a>, drawing furious criticism from real scientists and experts who pointed out that to stifle debate on a theory is the very essence of unscientific.<\/p>\n

Separately, Secretary of State Kerry confirmed<\/a> last week during a press conference in Brazil that Obama planned to bypass Congress in his efforts to adopt unconstitutional \u201cclimate\u201d measures. “So the challenge is ahead of us, for all of us, and I know that the United States has a great commitment under President Obama to take our own initiatives, not even to wait for congressional action, but to move administratively in order to do our part,\u201d he said, echoing numerous vows by Obama to ignore lawmakers if they refuse to submit. \u201cI know we can continue to work with Brazil on this issue of climate, and we look forward to doing so.” <\/p>\n

At the embattled <\/a>Environmental Protection Agency, current EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy also made clear last week that the administration planned to move forward on \u201cclimate\u201d \u2013 regardless of what Congress thinks about it. Speaking at the University of Colorado, McCarthy praised<\/a> recent statements by Obama promising lawless and unconstitutional \u201cexecutive actions\u201d to deal with the supposed problem, calling the president\u2019s comments \u201cmost remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEssentially, he said that it is time to act,\u201d she explained. \u201cAnd he said he wasn\u2019t going to wait for Congress, but that he had administrative authorities and that it was time to start utilizing those more effectively and in a more concerted way.\u201d McCarthy also vowed to \u201cdo this this year, next year, the following year, until people understand\u201d that the dictatorial \u201cclimate\u201d decrees are actually good for them. <\/p>\n

Apparently, the impetus for what analysts have blasted as EPA\u2019s \u201cdictatorial action\u201d on supposed global warming came straight from the top. In an interview<\/a> with the Washington Post<\/em>, McCarthy explained that when she first met with Obama to discuss running the EPA \u2013 itself created via unconstitutional \u201cexecutive order\u201d\u2013 the first words out of the president\u2019s mouth dealt with having the agency focus on \u201cclimate.\u201d \u201cHe sees this as a necessary part of his legacy,\u201d she added, failing to mention that the supposed \u201cscience\u201d behind UN global warming theories was crumbling in front of the world.<\/p>\n

Despite the lack of any authority to do so, the EPA is already moving forward with its controversial and unconstitutional efforts to foist economy-destroying regulations on the American people under the guise of saving the \u201cclimate.\u201d As The New American<\/em> reported<\/a> earlier this month, the lawless agency<\/a> is going on a \u201cregulatory binge\u201d expected to shutter hundreds of coal-fired power plants. Such closures would inevitably lead to soaring energy costs and even potential brownouts and blackouts as the nation\u2019s available energy supplies shrink. <\/p>\n

The witch hunt against \u201cdeniers\u201d has also spread into the scientific community, according to experts. Judith Curry, chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, recently lashed out<\/a> at efforts by some scientists to stop the publication of science that does not go along with the agenda \u2013 a troubling trend that was exposed years ago amid the \u201cClimategate<\/a>\u201d scandal. \u201cThere is the common theme of climate scientists compromising personal and professional ethics, integrity, and responsibility, all in the interests of a \u2018cause,\u2019\u201d Curry complained, citing examples she was personally aware of. <\/p>\n

Despite the renewed wave of ferocious alarmism and dictatorial threats from the Obama administration, however, Americans do not appear to be very concerned about the \u201cclimate\u201d issue. A recent poll by the Pew Research Center, for example, showed<\/a> that just two in five Americans consider supposed \u201cglobal climate change\u201d to be a major threat to the country \u2013 among the lowest on the list of concerns, and about at the same level as \u201cpolitical instability in Pakistan.\u201d Other polls<\/a> consistently show that Americans either reject global-warming theories outright, or at least do not consider \u201cclimate change\u201d to be a serious issue.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

When the pro-Obama astroturf group OFA tried to organize a \u201cClimate Change Day of Action Rally\u201d earlier this month, not a single person showed up, according to news reports<\/a>, further illustrating the overwhelming lack of public support. The rally announcement was promptly taken down after nobody attended, but the damage to the alarmist cause was already done as critics ridiculed OFA and its ongoing fear-mongering campaign about supposed man-made climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should surprise nobody \u2013 including the, ah, enthusiasts over at OfA, bless their hearts \u2013 that global warming doesn\u2019t have nearly the same bite to it that the Left desperately wants it to,\u201d noted<\/a> Digital Press Secretary Andrew Clark with the National Republican Congressional Committee. \u201cThe polling is consistent: global warming \u2013 or climate change, or whatever the latest buzzword is\/will be \u2013 is at the bottom of any list of things that people worry about, or prioritize.\u201d<\/p>\n

As The New American<\/em> reported<\/a> again yesterday, the supposed \u201cscience\u201d underpinning the alarmist movement also continues to crumble in spectacular fashion. In addition to the fact that data gathered by even the most pro-alarmism government institutions like the U.K. Met Office show there has been no global warming for over a decade and a half<\/a>, other indicators continue to confirm that UN climate \u201cmodels\u201d are wildly inaccurate at best \u2013 and outright fraudulent at worst.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

While the \u201cclimate science\u201d keeps imploding<\/a>, however, efforts to foist a \u201cglobal-warming\u201d regime of high taxes and centralized government on humanity to \u201csave\u201d the environment are accelerating quickly. Republicans in Congress have done some mild complaining about the “war on coal” and other actions, yet the Obama administration, even with virtually no public support, is stepping up its lawless campaign to force America into submission. More than a few analysts have suggested that the alarmists are desperate to get the schemes in place before the whole scam comes undone. Whether public pressure will stop it remains to be seen. <\/p>\n

Alex Newman is a correspondent for <\/span><\/em>The New American, covering economics, politics, and more. He can be reached at
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