{"id":22147,"date":"2014-02-17T13:36:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T13:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=321702"},"modified":"2014-02-17T13:36:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T13:36:13","slug":"watch-bill-nye-the-science-guy-debate-congresswoman-who-claims-climate-change-is-unproven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/watch-bill-nye-the-science-guy-debate-congresswoman-who-claims-climate-change-is-unproven\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Bill Nye the Science Guy Debate Congresswoman Who Claims Climate Change is \u2018Unproven\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Bill Nye, best known for his stint as “The Science Guy” on a children’s education series, says we need to use every available resource to address climate change<\/a> now before it’s too late.<\/p>\n

“It would be [in] everybody’s interests to just get going,” Nye said Sunday morning on NBC’s Meet the Press<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

“The more we mess around with this denial, the less we’re going to get done.”<\/p>\n

Nye was charged with the task of debating U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican who flat out says that climate change is ‘unproven,’ despite numerous reports<\/a> and an acknowledgement from President Barack Obama’s recent State of the Union address<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Neither he nor I are climate scientists,” Blackburn said. “He’s an engineer and actor; I’m a member of Congress … There is not consensus there.”<\/p>\n

Here’s the full 13-plus-minute segment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Climate change also played a part in a highly publicized debate<\/a> earlier this month between Nye and Ken Ham, head of the Creation Museum in Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Visit EcoWatch’s CLIMATE CHANGE<\/a> page for more related news on this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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