Texas Congressman Lamar Smith recently rejected the notion that he doesn’t believe in human-caused climate change,reports The Texas Observer.The chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology instead insisted he’s merely a “semi-skeptic.” Smith said he doesn’t know how much effect people are having on the climate. “I think the human component may actually be a small fraction of the contributing forces on climate change,” he said. He also referred to humanity’s carbon-dioxide production as “infinitesimal.”
Research contradicts Smith’s statements, however. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that human activity is the “dominant cause” of climate change. However, Smith claims that scientists are skewing this climate-change data in order to promote President Barack Obama’s agenda.