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Here’s a friendly suggestion for the Wildrose.

If you want to be taken seriously on the issue of climate change, take climate change seriously.

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Don’t pretend there’s a debate over the science or argue that the climate is always changing. And don’t use Twitter to circulate articles calling it a hoax.

The latest fumble on the climate change file comes from Wildrose MLA Tany Yao who re-tweeted a link on May 22 with the heading, “Greenpeace Co-Founders Warns of Global Climate Change Scam/Global Warming Hoax!”

The link takes you to a YouTube video of Patrick Moore, a former president of Greenpeace, giving a 30-minute presentation denigrating the notion of human-induced climate change.

Moore has been an outspoken critic of global warming for years and has been roundly criticized by climate scientists who, unlike Moore, have been doing real research.

Moore’s views are not new, except, it seems, to Yao, who thought them intriguing enough to re-tweet along with the “Global Warming Hoax!” headline.