Research Panel Says Climate Change Doubts Slow Urgent Action

Public misconceptions of climate change have thwarted needed efforts to reduce emissions blamed for climate change, according to a report released last week by the National Research Council of the National Academies. Media reports sometimes present aspects of climate change that are well-established as if they were "matters of serious debate," according to the report. Also, groups opposed to policies limiting carbon dioxide emissions are influencing some reporting, according to the study, which was requested by Congress in 2008. It was prepared by a committee of scientists, engineers and economists.

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Source: Bloomberg News