...and men don't know what bathroom to use
and Bruce Jenner is a broad
and Bill Clinton never inhaled, never had sexual relations of any kind with 'that woman.'
and his private conversation with Loretta Lynch was all about golf and grandchildren....

I see a pattern of progressive ignorance here.

Not ignorance. Deliberate lies and misinformation to further an agenda and fool the public.

No matter who is doing the studying or what is being studied someone will be profiting and the studies will be influenced.  There's just no way around it.

 It's far more than that.  Look at all the schemes, such as "carbon credits" and government subsidizing "green programs". Also look at the industries that will reap reward by having government backing and regulation to require people to use their services.  There is a huge financial gain to this which taints it.  Again, take away the parts that allow people to profit from this and you will see it fold like a cheap lawn chair.

Azure nailed it in his first post.  I'm already biased because I do believe we're having an unreversible, negative impact on the Earth.  But the part I have to admit is that I have no idea how much of an impact or what the consequences will be.  Which is why I say this is a situation that I'd rather be safe than sorry.

 And what about the people that see this for what it is, yet another financial scam?

 And you are "concerned" about the impact.  How old are you?   Are you planning on being around for the next thousand years?   The harsh reality is you or anyone reading this today will be around to see any noticeable change.  In the time frame of climate change (the real climate change) that the earth evolves through it will take thousands of years to have any great impact.

 

Even if we agreed to NOTHING, I think Trump should be part of a group to at least study and address the issue.

 The President is concerned with putting Americans first, job growth, strengthening our borders and securing our country as well as growing the economy, he's made that very clear.

 The previous occupant of the WH didn't have a clue on economic matters, security, foreign relations or anything that benefited Americans, so he ran around hobnobbing with celebrities and talking about MMGW.

 If Europe is so concerned as they pretend to be about MMGW let them pay for it.  Those bastards don't have a problem having the US pay for things they should pay for.   It's time for them to step up to the plate.

Depends, will the funding and studies truly be independent, or will they be to justify a desired outcome?

Not sure what you mean by the funding part. Obviously I agree that the studies need to be independent and unbiased.

Take the financial incentives out of Climate Change and watch how many drop it like a hot potato.

It's nothing but a financial scam.

I think Scott Adams nails it in this blog:

http://blog.dilbert.com/post/161281215881/the-kathy-griffin-controversy


This is just a little teaser of where he goes here, but I absolutely think he gets to the jist of the issue and why Kathy Griffin and a team of people not only thought this was a good idea, but thought at the end of the day most people would like what she did.


"You and I get to live in the movies in our heads until your script and mine come into conflict."

That's a really good way to describe how this country is splitting in two in terms of culture and beliefs and sets of information sources. Like we're watching two completely different movies.  We are living in two entirely different realities, like parallel dimensions simultaneously occupying one country.  I watched it happen during my lifetime, it was not this way when I was young, not even in the 70s when I was in college. The young generation was rebellious, but you still spoke the same language. You watched the same TV shows. The ideas in something like Star Trek were simultaneously traditional and progressive. You had utopian ideas of man having overcome war but at the same time you respected conservative values like the flag of the United States. There were only the three networks so everyone saw the same news. Now I guess liberals and conservatives watch different news shows and for the most part avoid each other's territory so that the divide grows bigger and bigger. I watch CNN now and I don't even recognize it, it's like they're talking about another planet.

I've been called worse.   

I wonder why the Democrats/media/left/progressives are so vehemently against voter ID, yet it is OK to require it for EVERYTHING else?

Because then they can't CHEAT at the voting place as easily.
The ONLY THING democrats care about is holding and gaining power.

Things as insignificant as the environment, people, the poor, civil rights, and the myriad of other things they babble about are simply distractions and tools they use to hijack power so they can steal from the taxpayers.

I'd like to see a 99% reduction in foreign aid.  A 98% reduction to the arts.  A 100% reduction in dept. of education.  A 75% reduction in food stamps and public housing.  And 95% reduction in SSI. 

A guy can dream, can't he?

I disagree. Even if Trump resigned or was impeached and removed, Pence would become the next President, followed by Paul Ryan and so on. Our system of government is well in tact.

I would expect that a new vice president would be selected by Pence and approved very quickly before Ryan rose to the presidency.  It's hard to imagine someone worse for the job and more universally despised than Ryan.