Republican Member of Congress Tells Scientists Rising Sea Level Caused by More Dirt on Ocean Floor

nymag.com – By Jonathan Chait – Yesterday, the House Science Committee held a hearing on “Using Technology to Address Climate Change.” The debate quickly ran aground on the question of whether climate change is being caused by increases in greenhouse gas emissions, as climate scientists believe, or whether the entire theory has been falsified by an international scientific cabal in service of a secret agenda to extend government control of the economy, as most Republicans believe.

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