More Than 100 Economists Band Together to Fight Climate Change Skeptics – Launch RealClimateEconomics.org

By Tracey de Morsella on June 4, 2009 Comments Off on More Than 100 Economists Band Together to Fight Climate Change Skeptics – Launch RealClimateEconomics.org California, Climate Change, climate crisis, climate scientists, E3 Network, Economics for Equity and the Environment, economists, Elizabeth Stanton, energy policies, Frank Ackerman, gasoline taxes, greenhouse gas emissions, heating, junk economics, junk science, Kristen Sheeran, Oregon, per capita greenhouse gas emissions, public policy, public transportation, RealClimateEconomics.org, Rhode Island, skepticism, Stockholm Environment Institute, Tufts University, Vermont; New York, Washington

In recent times, junk economics has replaced junk science as the cause of inaction on climate change issues. The case for inaction is no longer argued on the grounds of skepticism about the science; instead, some claim that it is too expensive to take more than token action on key initiatives. In response to this trend, more than 100 of the country’s leading economists have banded together to launch RealClimateEconomics.org, an effort dedicated to using the weight of economic evidence to support effective public policy and business responses to the climate crisis. RealClimateEconomics.org is inspired by the success of RealClimate.org, a longtime effort by climate scientists to dispel the junk science popularized by climate skeptics.