{"id":19833,"date":"2016-04-12T12:05:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=19833"},"modified":"2016-04-12T12:05:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:05:09","slug":"exclusive-climate-hustles-marc-morano-turns-down-20k-global-warming-bets-from-bill-nye-the-science-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=19833","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Climate Hustle\u2019s Marc Morano Turns Down $20k Global Warming Bets From Bill Nye The Science Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2016\/04\/11\/exclusive-climate-hustle-marc-morano-turns-down-20k-global-warming-bets-bill-nye-science-guy\" target=\"_blank\">Exclusive: Climate Hustle\u2019s Marc Morano Turns Down $20k Global Warming Bets From Bill Nye The Science Guy<\/a><\/h3>\n<article class=\"node-10494 node node-blog node-promoted view-mode-full clearfix\">\n<header>\n<p class=\"submitted desktop-only\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/styles\/full_width_blog_image\/public\/blogimages\/nye%20morano%20grab.jpg?itok=FlooIBRm\" alt=\"\" width=\"826\" height=\"487\" \/><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"horizontal-social-bar horizontal-social-bar-top clearfix\">One of America\u2019s most outspoken deniers of the link between fossil fuel burning and global warming has refused $20,000 in bets that the planet will keep getting hotter.<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Offering the two bets to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/marc-morano\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Morano<\/a>, of the conservative think tank the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/committee-constructive-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\">Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (<span class=\"caps\">CFACT<\/span>)<\/a>, is popular television science presenter Bill Nye, \u201cthe science guy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nye said he was willing to bet Morano that 2016 would be one of the ten hottest years on record. He also offered a bet the current decade would be the hottest on record.<\/p>\n<p>Morano turned down both bets, telling DeSmog it was \u201csilly\u201d to take a bet when it was \u201cobvious\u201d the official records would show more global warming.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">NASA<\/span>\u00a0measurements, 14 of the 16 hottest years on record have all happened since the year 2000.\u00a0 Last year, 2015, was also the hottest on record.<\/p>\n<p>Nye offered the bets during a yet-to-be-screened interview requested by Morano, who is busy promoting his new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatehustler.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Hustle<\/a>\u00a0film. Here is an excerpt of their exchange, including the bets offered by Nye to\u00a0Morano:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"player\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hXqozz54-iU\" width=\"660\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As DeSmog has reported,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatehustler.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Hustle<\/a>\u00a0features a roll call of climate science deniers and is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2015\/11\/12\/marc-morano-s-climate-hustle-documentary-ready-paris-premiere-same-old-denial-myths\" target=\"_blank\">set to rehash old myths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Showbusiness \u201cbible\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/news\/sarah-palin-anti-climate-change-movie-climate-hustle-1201749591\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a>\u00a0magazine reported as an \u201cexclusive\u201d today that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was endorsing the movie &#8211; an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2016\/03\/31\/riveting-panel-with-gov-sarah-palin-to-introduce-climate-hustle-on-capitol-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cexclusive\u201d based on a press release<\/a>\u00a0from 31 March.<\/p>\n<p>Variety failed to note how many of the views expressed in Climate Hustle run counter to the conclusions of major science academies around the world and 97 per cent of climate scientists.<\/p>\n<p>Morano is a regular guest on conservative-leaning media outlets, including Fox News, where he constantly challenges the overwhelming science linking fossil fuel burning to dangerous climate change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Climate Hustle\u2019s Marc Morano Turns Down $20k Global Warming Bets From Bill Nye The Science Guy One of America\u2019s most outspoken deniers of the link between fossil fuel burning and global warming has refused $20,000 in bets that the planet will keep getting hotter. 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