Welcome to inside story. 2014 it was warmest year ever measured. Granted, thats not thousands of years, but the readings we have line up well with the worldwide migration of the industrial revolution. Through the decades of more and more intense use of fossil fuels by people in every corner of the globe. All this month on al jazeera america, well be producing programs and news reports entitled fragile planet. Tonight we are taking an inside look at the Politics Around Climate Change. A lot of Scientists Say theyre convinced by the gathering trends backed up by the data. A lot of politicians say they are not. But in the United States, the biggest economy and the biggest burner of fossil fuels, a lot of science is paid for by politicians. They sit in state legislatures, congress, university boards, and approve this funding for basic science at the universities. By holding the purse strings, they have the power to encourage research they like and discourage research that may lead to uncom
Politicians on capitol hill . Im ali velshi, a special report on our fragile planet begins right now. It is a fragile planet and that is our focus on Al Jazeera America. This entire month. And especially today on earth day. The only debate left is how severe the consequences will be. Changes to the worlds climate have resulted in accelerated ice melts and rising sea levels. The Environmental Protection agency says pollution emits greenhouse gases. The likely way of achieving that is for states to cap and trade schemes, cap and trade carbon credits in a regulated market that helps industry players offset the cost of reducing admission. But not everybody agrees, many deny that Climate Change requires urgent solution. There are things to keep in mind. The all powerful lobby group in washington insists that mandated kits in greenhouses, greenhouse gases, on average between now an 2030 because the cuts will be costly to industry, and theyll weaken economic growth. President obama disputes t
Welcome to inside story. 2014 it was warmest year ever measured. Granted, thats not thousands of years, but the readings we have line up well with the worldwide migration of the industrial revolution. Through the decades of more and more intense use of fossil fuels by people in every corner of the globe. All this month on al jazeera america, well be producing programs and news reports entitled fragile planet. Tonight we are taking an inside look at the Politics Around Climate Change. A lot of Scientists Say theyre convinced by the gathering trends backed up by the data. A lot of politicians say they are not. But in the United States, the biggest economy and the biggest burner of fossil fuels, a lot of science is paid for by politicians. They sit in state legislatures, congress, university boards, and approve this funding for basic science at the universities. By holding the purse strings, they have the power to encourage research they like and discourage research that may lead to uncom
Welcome to inside story. 2014 it was warmest year ever measured. Granted, thats not thousands of years, but the readings we have line up well with the worldwide migration of the industrial revolution. Through the decades of more and more intense use of fossil fuels by people in every corner of the globe. All this month on al Jazeera America, well be producing programs and news reports entitled fragile planet. Tonight we are taking an inside look at the Politics Around Climate Change. A lot of Scientists Say theyre convinced by the gathering trends backed up by the data. A lot of politicians say they are not. But in the United States, the biggest economy and the biggest burner of fossil fuels, a lot of science is paid for by politicians. They sit in state legislatures, congress, university boards, and approve this funding for basic science at the universities. By holding the purse strings, they have the power to encourage research they like and discourage research that may lead to uncom
Im ali velshi, a special report on our fragile planet begins right now. It is a fragile planet and that is our focus on Al Jazeera America. This entire month. And especially today on earth day. The only debate left is how severe the consequences will be. Changes to the worlds climate have resulted in accelerated ice melts and rising sea levels. The Environmental Protection agency says pollution emits greenhouse gases. The likely way of achieving that is for states to cap and trade schemes, cap and trade carbon credits in a regulated market that helps industry players offset the cost of reducing admission. But not everybody agrees, many deny that Climate Change requires urgent solution. There are things to keep in mind. The all powerful lobby group in washington insists that mandated kits in greenhouses, greenhouse gases, on average between now an 2030 because the cuts will be costly to industry, and theyll weaken economic growth. President obama disputes those figures. He points to the