For Some, the Climate Change Debate isn't Debatable!

I saw the article below in this morning's Union Tribune and it caught my eye.  If you've been reading at all you know that I'm in the camp that believes that there have been changes to our climate, that there is scientific evidence that humans have had an impact, that there are multiple scientific communities who have differing opinions, and that there have been a lot of misrepresentations and misinterpretations of science in the debate.  Above all, I believe that there is enough unknown so that we shouldn't take extraordinary economically damaging steps to negatively impact our economies for  dubious and debatable assumptions.  And that especially true given the time lines that most believe are in play.  So having said that, I was interested to see that the climate change advocates have become so zealous that the debate is over.  I'm disappointed in two things here.  First is that these officials are behaving how I would expect Nazis to behave.  To say that someone will be punished for voicing an opinion or saying that a subject is not open to debate is very, very Un-American. Second, Mr Sinnot has no guts.  That he would put his tail between his legs and cow tow to these bullies is pretty shameful.  And does he think he's representing all of the people of Del Mar when he voices the party-line climatista opinion?  If he does, then he's really not fit to serve.

SANDAG chair’s climate change remark sparks concern

Del Mar City Council reappoints Sinnott after he clarifies statement
Terry Sinnott says he be-lieves in climate change.

By Phil Diehl

On Friday, after being elected chairman of the region’s planning agency, Del Mar City Councilman Terry Sinnott reportedly said it was “debatable” whether climate change was real.
On Monday, facing removal from the San Diego Association of Governments board of directors for those remarks, he said he wanted to correct the record.
“I do believe we are in the midst of climate change, and that … humans are contributing to that change,” Sinnott said before the Del Mar City Council voted to reappoint him to the board.
Sinnott is Del Mar’s representative to the SANDAG board, which includes representatives of the county Board of Supervisors and each of the 18 city councils in the region.
The backlash came after Sinnott told a KPBS radio reporter that climate change is “a debatable issue,” an observation that outraged some Del Mar residents.
Several residents asked the council to remove Sinnott as Del Mar’s representative to the SANDAG board.
“Global warming is not a political issue, but a fact-based issue,” said Ann Feeney, chair of Del Mar’s Sustainability Advisory Board, in a letter submitted to the council over the weekend. “I am very concerned that the Del Mar representative to SANDAG does not understand the basic scientific facts of climate change.”
However, Sinnott told the council Monday night that his remarks were “misinterpreted.”
His earlier remarks were an attempt to focus on his new role as the SANDAG board’s leader and “not to make statements that might alienate somebody,” he said. The SANDAG board and staff are dedicated to reducing the greenhouse gasses that contribute to climate change and to meeting climate goals set by the state.
Residents and several council members said they were satisfied with Sinnott’s explanation.
“I came loaded for bear … to say that Terry needed to make a correction or step down,” Mayor Dwight Worden said, and he was relieved to hear Sinnott’s explanation.
Climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gasses are important issues that all cities need to address, Worden said.