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Are we killing coal just for left-wing politics?

The Washington Times ran a remarkable story last week, “Greenpeace co-founder says ‘no scientific proof’ humans cause climate change.”

The Times reports:

“Patrick Moore, a Canadian ecologist who was a member of Greenpeace from 1971-86, told members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee environmental groups like Greenpeace use faulty computer models and scare tactics in further promoting a political agenda.”

Moore points out:

“The fact that we had both higher temperatures and an ice age at a time when CO2 emissions were 10 times higher than they are today fundamentally contradicts the certainty that human-caused CO2 emissions are the main cause of global warming.”

Wow!

This from a Greenpeace guy who left because the organization took a sharp political, not scientific, turn to the left.

Coal is in those lefties’ sights. Science, per Mr. Moore, not so much.