Environment & Energy

However, spreading bad science tends to make people question good science (especially when, in ten years, in spite of withdrawing from the Paris agreement, we’re not all extinct.)

I look at it this way:

Let's say that the Polly Anna "scientists" are all wrong, and that humanity will be extinct within a decade, no matter what we do. OK, so, what harm would there be in making an effort to avoid our inevitable fate?

On the other hand, what if they're right? What if there is a chance, even a small chance, of avoiding that fate. What if, by making an effort, like the Paris agreement, we can at least improve our lot?

There are a number of things (like the methane seeps for example) which, upon close inspection are not as bad as they appeared at first.