The Global Warming Debate

It is one thing to claim that the average Earth temperature is rising. This is global warming. It is quite another to claim that the Earth temperature rise is caused by human behavior. This should be called anthropogenic global warming, and the two terms must not be used interchangeably. It is outrageous to insinuate that anyone who questions whether human behavior causes global warming has been paid to say so. Your article smacks of predatory journalism.

Michael and Christine Economides

Houston, Texas

Your article caricatures the argument about global warming as between good, intelligent scientists and evil, venal deniers in the employ of big corporations. There is another group out here, people who were trained as scientists and feel very able to understand the arguments, who think that there are real scientific problems with the current theory, and who think that scientific analysis should continue until there is a provable theory in place. While some may be ready to declare the argument settled, I’m not, and there are a lot of people like me.

Tom Jones

Dallas, Texas