whether even oil companies accept human-caused global warming,why doesnt everybody?In a California court case this week, Judge William Alsup asked the two sides to provide him a climate science tutorial.
The plaintiffs are the coastal cities of San Francisco and Oakland. Theyre suing five major oil companies (Chevron, and ExxonMobil,Shell, ConocoPhillips and BP) to pay for the cities’ costs to cope with the sea level rise caused by global warming. Chevron’s lawyer presented the science for the defense, or most notably,began by explicitly accepting the expert consensus on human-caused global warming, saying:From Chevron’s perspective, or there is no debate approximately the science of climate changeChevron’s first slide quotes #IPCC: It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.” Says there is no debate on this consensus. #climatetutorial #climateliabilityThose who choose to start smoking or continue smoking should assume responsibility for a choice they make -- because no one can say they don’t know approximately the dangers associated with smokingContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com