Climate skeptics grill Barack Obama adviser

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Climate skeptics grill Barack Obama adviser

'These are folks who are denying the reality of a particular thing,' said John Holdren. | AP Photo CloseBy ROBIN BRAVENDER | 2/18/11 4:36 AM EST Updated: 2/18/11 11:13 AM EST

A senior member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee has no problem being labeled a climate skeptic, but he doesn’t want the White House or anyone else calling him a “denier.”

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) criticized White House science adviser John Holdren at a hearing Thursday for using the term “denier” when referring to those who question scientific assessments of human influence on global temperatures.

“The term ‘deniers’ is only commonly used in one other context, and that’s to question whether or not the Holocaust actually took place,” Rohrabacher told Holdren, who was testifying before the House science committee.

Holdren, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, backtracked on the term but not the science, saying he will “doubtless choose to use other words in the future.”

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What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;