Glen Beck, can you help me?

It is hard to ignore that the planet’s temperature has gone up. However, the difficult part is convincing people that the rise in temperature is a problem. Despite scientific evidence, there are still those people who refuse to believe it. Instead they come up with other arguments that fight against climate change as an issue. Arguments that include climate change is natural, or in some cases a hoax all together.
Friends of Science provide education to the public and attempt to put pressure on the government for something to be done. They provide evidence that challenges the Kyoto protocol and cite alternative sources such as the Sun. Their main attempt is to educate the public and show scientific evidence that climate change is happening. They are not disputing it is happening but refuting that CO2 admissions are the main cause.
Alternatively, Grist’s How to talk to a Climate Skeptic addresses the most common arguments given by skeptics. Climate skeptics are becoming more prevalent in the debate, whether they are television personalities or politicians. They speak of the climates unpredictability or the lack of scientific evidence. Skeptics bring forth these arguments to the public to minimize the problem, or deny that any problem exists.
The competing views confuse the public. Climate change is such a technical and scientific subject that not creating one solid stance on it effects the way the public sees it. In the climate change debate, sometimes it becomes who can talk louder. Those who can talk louder can gain more supporters and in some cases research funding. The competition around climate change is an attempt to gain support not necessarily purely education.
The claims made by both sites must be taken with a grain of salt. Both sites have an ulterior motive to gain support for their argument. While it may seem they have the best interests, they are there to become the more popular argument. Both sides need to be heard and acknowledged but cannot be taken as the only option.
Grist outlines skeptics’ arguments and provides a competing argument. It presents a question and explains it in simple terms. However, Grist does not provide alternative causes, like Friends of Science. The two sites together create a well-rounded view incorporating science, politics and economics.