A House committee is drawing proponents and skeptics together for a knock-out debate over whether climate change is really happening. They are calling the hearing "Climate change: fact or fiction?"
Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Lewis (R-White) says the matter is far from clear. He thinks other states in the Northwest and the Northeast may be crippling their economies by setting policies to counteract climate change.
"They're setting policy based on what is probably a limited scientific theory," White says. "We want to make sure that if and when the time comes for the state of Georgia to enact--whether it's energy policy, environmental policy, or manufacturing and economic development policies--that it is based on real science and not so-called 'junk' science."
Meanwhile, environmental groups are up in arms. They have sent e-mails to their members and journalists telling them that climate change is, indeed, fact, and not fiction.
Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Lewis (R-White) says the matter is far from clear. He thinks other states in the Northwest and the Northeast may be crippling their economies by setting policies to counteract climate change.
"They're setting policy based on what is probably a limited scientific theory," White says. "We want to make sure that if and when the time comes for the state of Georgia to enact--whether it's energy policy, environmental policy, or manufacturing and economic development policies--that it is based on real science and not so-called 'junk' science."
Meanwhile, environmental groups are up in arms. They have sent e-mails to their members and journalists telling them that climate change is, indeed, fact, and not fiction.
