This morning, House Democratic Representatives are holding a climate hearing that demonstrates the nature and quality of what real science oversight would like if the US government were run by people living in reality.

The hearing announcement lays out the quality and seriousness of the witnesses. Everyone of them worth listening to with real attention: thoughtful, informed, calmly eloquent.

Witnesses PANEL 1: Dr. Ben Santer, Atmospheric Scientist, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Dr. Phil Duffy, President and Executive Director, Woods Hole Research Center Dr. Bernard Goldstein, Environmental Toxicologist, Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Dean, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health PANEL 2: Ms. Christiana Figueres, Convener of Mission 2020 The Honorable David O’Sullivan, Ambassador of the European Union to the U.S. Mr. Jonathan Elkind, Fellow and Adjunct Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University Mr. Manish Bapna, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, World Resources Institute