![]() But then, as you noted, the data didn't back that up. And their solution to this problem is that we needed massive government control of the economy, the energy sector and every aspect of our lives. INSKEEP: There was a moment when some people said that.ĬRUZ: That we were facing the threat of an incoming ice age. You and I are both old enough to remember 30, 40 years ago, when, at the time, we were being told by liberal politicians and some scientists that the problem was global cooling. In the debate over global warming, far too often politicians in Washington - and for that matter, a number of scientists receiving large government grants - disregard the science and data and instead push political ideology. I am the son of two mathematicians and computer programmers and scientists. TED CRUZ: Well, I believe that public policy should follow the science and follow the data. What do you think about what is seen as a broad scientific consensus that there is man-caused climate change? And in our studios, he offered a reason why he believes vast numbers of scientists have bent their findings. At his hearing yesterday, Senator Cruz heard from scientists as well as an activist who have questioned the science. INSKEEP: But climate change remains a subject of fierce partisan debate in the United States. GREENE: For most scientists, debates over human-caused climate change center not on whether it's happening but just how big it will be or how quickly it's coming. ![]() It says 9 of the 10 warmest years on record have come in this century, and Arctic ice has reached its lowest levels on record. INSKEEP: NASA says carbon dioxide is at its highest level in 650,000 years. None are questioning facts like those on a climate webpage published by NASA. Nearly 200 countries are working out commitments to fight it. The Republican presidential candidate raised this issue just as negotiators discuss climate change in Paris. On the same day, he came by to make his case to us. He showcased witnesses who questioned the findings of climate science. If climate change were a TV show, a hearing in Washington yesterday would be counterprogramming.
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