Koch brother funded scientist, and climate change skeptic, finds that the science supporting global warming is valid. Oops!

From the Anniston Star:

Those who deny that the Earth is getting warmer claim that studies showing climate change have been funded by environmental groups and governments pushing a liberal political agenda. 

Thus, when research funded by one of those skeptical groups finds that temperatures are rising — and rising rapidly — such a conclusion should strengthen the case for climate change and global warming. 

That scenario has finally happened. 

Money for the research came from the Charles Koch Foundation, which gets its money from oil and other industries that create the greenhouse gases most scientists say are responsible for global warming. With this funding, physicist and skeptic Richard Muller spent two years addressing the criticisms that have been leveled against climate studies that show the steady warming of our planet. 

He found that the criticisms were wrong. The Earth is indeed getting hotter. 

Upset by the lack of scientific skepticism that first greeted the claims of climate change, Muller re-examined the evidence and concluded that what mainstream scientists have been saying for decades is fundamentally correct. 

Equally important, he added that as a result of his work, “we have confidence that the temperature rise that had been previously reported had been done without bias.” 

In other words, scientists can be trusted.

This is essentially WHY the Republicans hate science so much, it simply REFUSES to conform to their biases, or desire to protect their corporate overlords.

Personally my favorite part of this story is that the Koch brothers paid for the research. You just know they are poring over the findings hoping to discover a mistake in the Muller's research.

Perhaps next we can convince the Evangelicals to fund an actual scientific exploration into the veracity of Evolution.

P.S. you can learn a little more about Muller's findings by clicking here.