"Our biggest problem is to deal with the skepticism and denial of the cult-like lemmings who would take us over the cliff," said Brown, a Democrat, eliciting cheers and laughter from an audience of roughly 200 policymakers, businessleaders, and activists. "The skeptics and deniers have billions of dollars at their disposal ... But I can tell you we're going to fight them every step of the way until we get this state on a sustainable path forward."

by Mark Hertsgaard, Grist

Here's a new idea for how to deal with climate deniers: Blast them into space.
The proposal came yesterday during a freewheeling panel discussion among California Gov. Jerry Brown, Virgin Group Chair Sir Richard Branson, and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Chair Rajendra Pachauri. Kicking off a conference on "Extreme Climate Risks and California's Future" held at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Brown pledged to protect his state from the "huge problems" posed by climate change, including from efforts by climate science deniers to impede climate action.
"Our biggest problem is to deal with the skepticism and denial of the cult-like lemmings who would take us over the cliff," said Brown, a Democrat, eliciting cheers and laughter from an audience of roughly 200 policymakers, businessleaders, and activists. "The skeptics and deniers have billions of dollars at their disposal ... But I can tell you we're going to fight them every step of the way until we get this state on a sustainable path forward."
"It's sad that in America you don't talk about climate change because of Republicans," said the British Branson, who described "exciting breakthroughs" in Virgin's efforts to develop low-carbon aviation fuels. Showing particular promise is an algae-based fuel that, Branson said, could reduce aviation's carbon emissions by 80 to 90 percent.
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