newrepublic.com/article/146996/arrogance-republicans-favorite-attack-climate-scientistsThere are thousands of pier-reviewed articles published by scientists that confirm global warming and the projected effects that it will have on our planet if it continues. Sea levels will rise, stronger and more devastating natural disasters will occur, and the people of our world will begin to perish. However, scientists have proven that if we are able to prevent the average surface temperature of the Earth from rising more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, then we can save the planet and it's people. Scott Pruitt, head of the environmental protection agency, seems to disagree with all of the scientific evidence though as he told a Nevada TV station recently that "I think it's pretty arrogant for people in 2018 to say, 'You know what, we know what the ideal surface temperature should be in the year 2100.'" And he is not the only Republican to take this "arrogant" stance. Michael Griffin, George W. Bush's NASA administrator, and James Inhofe, Oklahoma Senator, were some others who used arrogance to support their climate denial, and it definitely does not stop with them. Republicans think this helps establish the characterization of liberals as "self-important, know-it-all elitists", but it only reveals the "anti-intellectualism of the Republican Party." What is truly arrogant is for a politician or lawyer to think they know better than thousands of educated scientists who are knowledgeable in the field.
This is important because Republicans are in control of several aspects of our US government at the moment, and many of them do not have the beliefs to do good for the world. We need to be aware of these people so we can better understand what we must fight for. This goes for every action they take, but especially in regards to the environment and the bettering of our planet.
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