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The evidence of global climate readings strongly backs up President Trump's decision to rescind the US signature on the Paris Accords. Liberals have taken to denying the facts, calling dissenters "climate deniers." Some have even equated such opinions with those of holocaust deniers and have even sought to criminalize their opinions.
And the fashionistas have taken over, mocking those who insist on following the data rather than the late-night talk show consensus, calling them "anti-science" and "flat earth people."
Here is the key fact: From 1998-2012, the Earth's temperature warmed by 12/100 of one degree Centigrade, itself a slowing of the warming pace of the previous decade.
But for the second half of this period - from 2001-2012- the pace of warming dropped by even more - with the Earth warming by only 5/100 of one degree.
The left is fond of citing the statistic that 2016 - and 2015 and 2014 before it - was the warmest year on record. That's true.
But the margin by which each year was warmer than the one before was microscopic. In fact, the temperatures did not change much at all.
The media is happy to point out that the U.S. is the "greatest polluter" in history. But U.S. emissions of carbon have dropped while China's have soared. By 2011, the United States accounted for 17% of global carbon emissions while China was the source of 27%.
To make us the bad guys is to hold our distant past against us. Each year, China increases its emissions by an amount equal to Japan's total carbon emissions during the year.
And the U.S. has dramatically decreased its emissions from 6,000 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent to 5,000 from 2007-2014 by switching from costly coal to less expensive and, thanks to fracking, more available natural gas.
(The left, which claims to be concerned about carbon emissions, fights tooth and nail against fracking even though it mitigates the problem significantly.)
Finally, Trump's refusal to stay in the Paris system is motivated by China's so-so participation. The Chinese have not committed to any fixed target or any specific steps to reduce its carbon output, the largest in the world.
Rather, they promise to give the subject their earnest attention several years down the road. In the meantime, one quarter of global emissions come from China.
So Trump has struck a blow for economic sanity and scientific truth by pulling out of the Paris accords. Good for him! Good for us!
Dick Morris, who served as adviser to former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and former President Clinton, is the author of 16 books, including his latest, Screwed and Here Come the Black Helicopters.