Will Obama's Real Climate Scientist Please Stand Up?

Recently, with a series of zingers, President Obama chided the GOP as climate deniers.  In a specific response to those Republicans who have made the argument that he is not a climate scientist and therefore not qualified to push climate issues, Obama said this: "I mean, I'm not a scientist...but I've got this guy, John Holdren, he's a scientist."  Thus referring to his Science Czar, John Holdren.

The problem with Holdren is his credibility.

In 1971, he wrote a paper titled "Global Ecology: Readings Toward a Rational Strategy for Man" in which he predicted a coming ice age due to reduced atmospheric transparency.  That reduction, he claimed, was a direct result of all kinds of human and natural pollutants. In arguing his point, he cooked up the theory  that pollutants were acting like filters; not allowing heat to reach the surface of the earth.  Now, today, he seems to believe just the opposite; with those very same pollutants trapping heat and, thus, causing global warming.

Now, I suppose it's OK for people of science to change their minds.  However, this flip flop on such a major issue as to the direction of the earth's temperature brings into question his scientific prowess and, subsequently, his believability.

So, which Holdren are we to believe today?  The guy who said we are entering an ice age?  Or, the one that Obama says is his climate scientist?  A man who appears to have gotten it so wrong in 1971.

References:

Obama Has a Response to Republicans' 'I Am Not a Scientist' Line: http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/obama-has-a-response-to-republicans-i-am-not-a-scientist-line-20140626

Flashback: John Holdren in 1971: ‘New ice age’ likely: http://www.climatedepot.com/2014/01/08/flashback-john-holdren-in-1971-new-ice-age-likely/

New Federal Climate Change Study: The Need To Take Urgent Action?

This week, the Obama Administration presented a new Climate Change study which the White House science adviser, John Holdren, says is "the loudest and clearest alarm bell to date signaling the need to take urgent action."

Now, I don't know about you, but when I hear the words "urgent action" it tells me we must act immediately.  But, here's the thing.  The report that Holdren is referring to took less than a year to write and was publicly released in draft form in January 2013.  From then to now, almost a year and a half later, it was supposedly being peer reviewed and tweaked until the final version was released May 6.

If there was so much urgency, why did it take so long to say we need to act immediately?  Maybe Politics?  It's an election year and the Democrat base needs to be energized.  Obama is not about saving the planet.  He is about saving the Democrat-controlled Senate from defeat in the Fall and, while I can't prove it, the release of the report was obviously politically timed. Obama's been in office for more than 5 years -- two of which he had supermajority control of both Houses of Congress -- yet, only now, is he planning to "unilaterally" do something about climate change. This from a President who has logged more carbon polluting air miles than any other in the history of this country.

References:

Federal report: Warming disrupts Americans' lives: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fed-report-warming-disrupting-americans-lives

Podesta: Congress Can’t Stop Obama On Global Warming: http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/05/podesta-congress-cant-stop-obama-on-global-warming/

Obama on Climate Change: Do As I Say, Not As I Do: http://cuttingthroughthefog.blogspot.com/2014/04/obama-and-climate-change-do-as-ii-say.html