Just as Al Gore has notoriously declined debate, elected Democratic officials seem determined to reinforce the fiction of “climate consensus” by refusing to acknowledge dissident voices.
Republican Fred Upton — a Michigan congressman on the House energy committee — eagerly accepted our invitation (Michigan Republican Mike Rogers would have also come; Sen. James Inhofe was interested, had his schedule permitted his attendance. ). But his Democratic committee opposite, Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak, passed. As did Rep. Sandy Levin. And Sen. Debbie Stabenow. And Rep. Gary Peters. And Gov. Jennifer Granholm. And so on.
We tried to fill the seat with environmental activists and they also declined. One prominent green responded to our phone call with ad hominem attacks on climatologist Patrick Michaels as a ”liar” and CEI’s Myron Ebell as a fraud. Shut up, he argued. Eventually, Skip Pruss — Granholm’s chief energy officer — jumped at the chance to debate. My hat is off to Skip.
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