It's unavoidable to escape bias, regardless if you work at a scientific institution or a think tank. The institutionalization involved in scientific studies cannot be denied either. Scientists are expected to uncover more evidence that supports a popular outcome.
You have to be brain dead not to believe that global climate change is not happening on one level. The question that HAS not been addressed is to what extent humans are responsible for it.
Furthermore, there is very little consensus building being attempted on both "right" and "left". Often enough the debate slides into I am correct and you are an idiotic idealogue, as evidenced by this thread.
Check out Patrick Moore for a Canadian's perspective on consensus building environmental solutions.
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