http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/whom-trust by MSW. MGB: As MSW indicates, we know that at the top of the who not to trust is extraction industries. Their continued politicization of the issue in the wrong direction is a sure indication that they are lying. The state exists, in part, to balance the excesses of capitalism. This is one of those times where balance is necessary.
I trust the scientific community to show that there is a correlation between industry and planetary warming. I trust them less to say with certainty what that warming will do. After all, 1000 years ago the north was warmer than it is now and nobody died of it - although quite a few did die as the Vikings raided because it was warm enough to do so. It may be that they raided because there was a problem with their own agriculture - or it could be that warming allowed population growth and they needed more land - which they found from Iceland to Greenland to what is now Newfoundland. These data lead me to believe that the jury is out on effects.
I trust Pope Francis to talk about the morals of what we must do to deal with an effects that do arise, as well as what we must do to put capitalism in check. Those are more questions. As for climate, I do trust Jorge Bregolio's assessment of the science - as a scientist, not as Pope.
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