Jon Stewart Skewers GOP Geniuses Trying to Contest Science of Climate Change

AlterNet
September 23, 2014

On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart celebrated Sunday's massive climate change march in New York City (and mocked the questionable outfit worn by UN Secretary General and marcher Ban Ki-moon).

But why do we even need a march to raise awareness about this issue when scientists agree that climate change is happening and that humanity is to blame? 

"It's accepted pretty much everywhere but one place called ... the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology," said Stewart, before hilariously skewering the GOP geniuses trying to contest the scientific consensus at a hearing on carbon emissions. (One guy's argument revolves around the "wobbling" of the earth.) 

Watch below:

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