In other words, the slow, foot-dragging, both sides are right, sort of way ...
Interstate Research Commission on Climatic Change Act (IRCCCA)
Summary
ALEC’s model Interstate Research Commission Act on Climatic Change is designed to address scientific and economic aspects of the issue of climatic change through the development of a multistate research commission. Key components of the bill include: state support of basic and applied research; and creation of research commission.
Model Legislation.
Section 1. {Short Title.} This act may be cited as the Interstate Research Commission on Climate Change.
Section 2. {Legislative findings and declarations.}
The legislature finds and declares that:
(A) Human activity has and will continue to alter the atmosphere of the planet.
(B) Such activity may lead to demonstrable changes in climate, including a warming of the planetary mean temperature.
(C) Such activity may lead to deleterious, neutral, or possibly beneficial climatic changes.
(D) Further, a great deal of scientific uncertainty surrounds the nature of these prospective changes, and the cost of regulation to inhibit such changes may lead to great economic dislocation.
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It may ...
or may not. We really need to STUDY this problem. ALEC wants to help us do that.
Gee, Thanks ALEC!
Section 3. {Nature of the Commission.}
The Interstate Commission on Climatic Change, hereafter known as the “Commission” will support basic and applied research on the subject of climate change and its influence on the environment and the economy.
(1) These influences may be beneficial or deleterious, and the Commission will specifically address both hypothetical eventualities in an evenhanded manner.
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(4) The {insert state} Office of the Commission will be located at {insert university}.
(5) The Commission will be directed at the State Climatology Office, or where such Office does not exist, the State Director will be designated by the President of a major public research university in each state.
(6) The members of the Commission will be appointed by the State Director and will represent both the research community and effected community.
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Section 5. {Responsibilities of the Commission.}
(3) The policy implications of such research results, specifically with respect to the state of {insert state}
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Approved by ALEC Board of Directors in 1998.
Reapproved by ALEC Board of Directors on January 28, 2013.
ALEC has recently re-introduced this
Let's Study the Climate Problem template:
Template Source: alec.org/legislation-tags/climate-change
Just fill-in the blanks, Climate-confused Legislators. ALEC's got you covered, conservative Republicans! No messy Science stuff either.
You see, ALEC's Big Oil sponsors are getting sort of worried, about the pace and urgency of the Change, that's actually needed.
Solutions that generally don't include them.
"Slow down a minute people," ALEC is just saying ... "Think about your Big Oil 'buddies' won't you -- Just what will they do? ... PLEASE, Don't do anything 'rash'."
We. need. to. just. SLOOOOW DOOOWN.