BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An LSU professor who says he was challenging students to think about the consequences of global warming says he is being targeted by conservative bloggers with video out-takes of his climate change lecture.
Astronomy professor Bradley Schaefer says he wasn't marginalizing global warming skeptics by telling them "blood will be on their hands" if they support a policy that would have the U.S. doing nothing to restrict greenhouse gas production. Schaefer says he was provoking discussion and gave equal criticism to students with other points of view.
A video of Schaefer's comments — heavily cut from a nearly hour-long lecture — is popping up on YouTube and conservative blogs, with critics calling it an attempt to indoctrinate students.
The dean of LSU's College of Science says no student has complained about Schaefer's lecture and no action will be taken.
