[Part 1 of a 5 part series examining the so-called "consensus" in the climate science community, the scientists who dare dissent from political correctness and a new, less partisan way to promote rational climate policy]
We are told by activists, politicians, media and official science bodies that climate change science is 'settled', our emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are causing a climate crisis and we must take action to prevent dangerous global warming. Supposedly, only a handful of unqualified naysayers contest this conclusion.