Climate Scientists Grade the Candidates - Dems Take Top Three Slots

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President Obama is in Paris this week, hunkered down with world leaders in hopes of hammering out a deal to curb carbon emissions worldwide. The agreement, if one is reached, will be the centerpiece of Obama's climate legacy, but it will also be the next president's job to uphold it.

With that in mind, the Associated Press asked eight climate scientists to evaluate the climate stances of the 12 leading presidential candidates' for their scientific accuracy. The assessment was based on statements in debates, public appearances and tweets, and each comment was stripped of any identifying markers to prevent bias.

The Democratic candidates claimed the top three spots. Hillary Clinton scored the highest, with 94, followed by Martin O'Malley with 91, then Bernie Sanders with 87.

Sanders was penalized for claiming climate change would make the earth "uninhabitable," which scientists called an exaggeration. "I would not say that the planet will become uninhabitable. Regardless of what we do, some humans will survive," Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M University said.


read: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-scientists-grade-the-candidates-and-ted-cruz-flunks-20151130

[berni_mccoy]

1. AP did the fact check... and I have a big problem with this...

From the article: "Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, with an 87, had the lowest score among the Democrats, dinged for an exaggeration when he said global warming could make Earth uninhabitable. "

They gave him a lower score because he said this? It's not an exaggeration btw. What happens when billions of people are displaced and we run out of food?

And with temperatures in the Middle East last summer of 150+ F with heat index pushing 164, that *is* pretty damn uninhabitable.

[jwirr]

2. Well it will certainly be true for most of the people of the

earth. Some (?) will survive?